⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 33-16 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 26
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 2-point lead to 11
Q1 6:33 · POR 18-7 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q1 0:41 · POR 40-18 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 35-point lead to 46
Q3 1:36 · POR 94-48 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 9 |
