⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 11:08 · CHA 28-20 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 0:55 · CHA 68-73 POR
- Technical
Raja Bell double technical foul
Q4 0:55 · CHA 68-73 POR
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:48 · CHA 69-74 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q2 6:41 · CHA 28-33 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 1:06 · CHA 30-42 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 8 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
