⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:49 · POR 8-4 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 7:18 · POR 93-85 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:03 · POR 35-41 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:31 · POR 35-45 DEN
- Flagrant
Kenyon Martin flagrant foul type 1 (Jerryd Bayless draws the foul)
Q2 2:15 · POR 40-47 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
