⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
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 dragged them back level
Q3 10:56 · POR 49-49 HOU
- Steal
LaMarcus Aldridge stole it from Luis Scola
Q4 1:50 · POR 80-88 HOU
- Steal
Raymond Felton stole it from Goran Dragic
Q4 1:25 · POR 81-88 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:46 · POR 80-88 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luis Scola lost ball
Q4 1:50 · POR 80-88 HOU
- Turnover
Goran Dragic bad pass
Q4 1:25 · POR 81-88 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
