⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 14 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 2:01 · POR 42-34 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q3 7:07 · POR 87-59 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 14
Q4 4:18 · POR 105-91 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
