⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their seven- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 30
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their 36
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 8:44 · POR 23-9 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q2 10:22 · POR 52-29 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mo Williams flagrant foul type 1 (Ramon Sessions draws the foul)
Q2 5:31 · POR 59-34 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 21 | Threes made | 7 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 34 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
