⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
-10Q123-34
-7Q221-28
-10Q314-23
-3Q423-23
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen
- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
9%Three-point accuracy38%
1Threes made8
10Free throws made24
15Offensive rebounds8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 0:00 · POR 44-68 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 1 | Threes made | 8 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
