⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 1:30 · POR 53-46 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q4 11:04 · POR 94-76 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
