⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 34
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 8:00 · DEN 94-101 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses technical free throw
Q3 10:21 · DEN 52-66 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 9:56 · DEN 4-10 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 8:40 · DEN 57-78 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joel Freeland misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:37 · DEN 94-101 POR
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
