⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 2:04 · POR 85-65 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:48 · POR 95-82 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:15 · POR 104-96 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
