⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 21-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 60
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
Q1 10:08 · POR 11-2 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Robin Lopez and Andre Drummond
Q3 7:39 · POR 70-65 DET
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum bad pass
Q4 1:54 · POR 107-101 DET
- Turnover
Damian Lillard lost ball turnover
Q4 0:23 · POR 107-103 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 5:18 · POR 20-21 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:33 · POR 107-103 DET
- Steal
Brandon Jennings stole it from Damian Lillard
Q4 0:23 · POR 107-103 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:42 · POR 107-103 DET
📊The numbers
| POR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
