⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 19
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
- Winner
Damian Lillard hit a driving layup
Q4 1:31 · POR 88-86 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- Ties it
Kevin Garnett hit a layup, Paul Pierce with the assist
Q4 1:46 · POR 86-86 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Doc Rivers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 5:11 · POR 14-15 BOS
📊The numbers
| POR | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
