⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 21-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Donte Greene technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:28 · SAC 39-47 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 10:22 · SAC 29-40 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Juwan Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Jason Thompson draws the foul)
Q2 0:44 · SAC 43-59 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 15 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
