⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 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
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 25-8 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
- Turnover
Beno Udrih lost ball
Q4 2:32 · SAC 95-98 POR
- Turnover
Samuel Dalembert lost ball
Q4 2:14 · SAC 95-100 POR
- Turnover
Omri Casspi bad pass
Q4 1:29 · SAC 95-100 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:57 · SAC 15-19 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 8:19 · SAC 40-47 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 2:49 · SAC 95-104 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · SAC 98-104 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
