⏱️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 first quarter was where it moved most, 4 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
Shot well above their usual, eight of fourteen from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:12 · POR 10-2 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 10:38 · POR 87-74 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Fernandez misses technical free throw
Q4 11:40 · POR 75-72 DAL
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 3:45 · POR 91-84 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:27 · POR 28-31 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Juan Barea misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:41 · POR 91-85 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Terry lost ball
Q4 3:04 · POR 93-85 DAL
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:24 · POR 95-87 DAL
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
