⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their no- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- Steal
DaJuan Summers stole it from Raymond Felton
Q4 0:30 · NO 77-84 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 8:26 · NO 39-54 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Matthews misses technical free throw
Q1 11:26 · NO 0-0 POR
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 0:30 · NO 77-84 POR
📊The numbers
| NO | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 0 | Threes made | 6 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
