⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers 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 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:56 · POR 49-40 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 9:11 · POR 68-55 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews offensive foul (Isaiah Thomas draws the foul)
Q4 4:15 · POR 92-84 SAC
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews turnover
Q4 4:15 · POR 92-84 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
