⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- A 22-0 run took them from 1 down to 21 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen 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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:44 · WSH 60-59 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:41 · WSH 91-106 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
John Wall technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:06 · WSH 91-106 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 22-0 run
A 22-0 run took them from 1 down to 21 up
Q3 11:06 · WSH 61-82 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:21 · WSH 78-98 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q4 3:06 · WSH 91-106 POR
📊The numbers
| WSH | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
