⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 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
Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 54
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Emeka Okafor bad pass
Q4 1:20 · NO 81-83 POR
- Turnover
5 sec inbound turnover
Q4 0:23 · NO 84-90 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:19 · NO 16-21 POR
- Steal
Nicolas Batum stole it from Emeka Okafor
Q4 1:20 · NO 81-83 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:00 · NO 81-86 POR
📊The numbers
| NO | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
