⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 15-5 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 48
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up
Q3 8:07 · POR 72-65 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Fernandez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:46 · POR 92-85 OKC
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:25 · POR 95-88 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
