⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 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
Shot well above their usual, ten of 21 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their sixteen
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 40
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 took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 0:39 · POR 34-23 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 7:18 · POR 46-30 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · POR 95-87 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 8:41 · POR 80-71 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carl Landry traveling
Q4 1:21 · POR 93-85 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
