⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 27
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Fernandez misses technical free throw
Q4 10:14 · POR 94-82 CHI
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses technical free throw
Q4 5:33 · POR 105-89 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 5:33 · POR 105-89 CHI
📊The numbers
| POR | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
