⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️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 twenty, and outscored them 25-4 off them- A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 2:15 · POR 50-46 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 0:56 · POR 80-65 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 5:18 · POR 94-73 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:46 · POR 84-70 SAC
- Technical
technical foul
Q4 1:54 · POR 94-73 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Thornton misses technical free throw
Q2 2:42 · POR 37-44 SAC
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 11 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 1 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
