⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse 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 twelve threes to their one- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 6:46 · POR 53-41 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 0:38 · POR 33-29 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
