⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q2 2:47 · POR 53-48 NY
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 7:09 · POR 95-78 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:52 · POR 80-76 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
