⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 11:41 · POR 35-22 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23
Q4 10:44 · POR 85-62 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 6:56 · POR 94-64 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla double technical foul
Q2 3:03 · POR 47-32 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 5:58 · POR 16-15 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:58 · POR 61-54 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 9 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
