⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:09 · BKN 69-73 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 1:57 · BKN 78-87 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:18 · BKN 82-95 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 12 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
