⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 22 from three- Could not get to the line, 32 free throws to their 48
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds 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.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Will Barton bad pass
Q4 1:00 · DEN 99-106 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:45 · DEN 22-23 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 2:54 · DEN 49-57 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 1:31 · DEN 80-87 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
C.J. McCollum misses technical free throw
Q1 1:17 · DEN 22-21 POR
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:41 · DEN 102-108 POR
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · DEN 104-111 POR
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
