⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 7:16 · POR 66-63 HOU
- Steal
Travis Outlaw stole it from Aaron Brooks
Q4 1:05 · POR 96-90 HOU
- Steal
Rudy Fernandez stole it from Shane Battier
Q4 0:00 · POR 107-103 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · POR 103-95 HOU
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · POR 103-97 HOU
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · POR 104-100 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:56 · POR 54-59 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ron Artest bad pass
Q4 4:20 · POR 89-89 HOU
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks turnover
Q4 2:12 · POR 96-90 HOU
- Turnover
Shane Battier bad pass
Q4 0:00 · POR 107-103 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 11 | Assists | 12 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
