⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 27 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 19-5 off them
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 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:22 · POR 42-28 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 9:33 · POR 66-44 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
