⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 28
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 0:51 · POR 31-30 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:33 · POR 45-45 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 2:51 · POR 71-80 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q2 11:23 · POR 31-30 HOU
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:28 · POR 52-67 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:11 · POR 36-43 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 0:05 · POR 50-65 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 2:56 · POR 99-116 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:23 · POR 31-30 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
