⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to six
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 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:32 · POR 78-76 DAL
- Steal
Wesley Matthews stole it from Jason Kidd
Q4 1:06 · POR 102-99 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace traveling
Q4 4:50 · POR 96-92 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:17 · POR 5-11 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Terry bad pass
Q4 4:52 · POR 96-92 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Terry bad pass
Q4 3:55 · POR 98-94 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 1:06 · POR 102-99 DAL
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
