⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 27 from three
- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33
- A 19-0 run took them from 6 down to 13 up in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 28 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 2:26 · SAC 20-25 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 8:45 · SAC 34-32 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 6:58 · SAC 10-25 POR
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 6 down to 13 up
Q3 6:54 · SAC 56-69 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Luke Babbitt flagrant foul type 1 (Jimmer Fredette draws the foul)
Q4 0:24 · SAC 85-103 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 14 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
