⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 21- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kendrick Perkins and LaMarcus Aldridge
Q4 1:06 · OKC 89-98 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 1:00 · OKC 53-55 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses technical free throw
Q3 9:29 · OKC 55-55 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
