⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 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
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 50
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 from level to 11 points up
Q1 9:18 · POR 17-6 OKC
- Steal
Mason Plumlee stole it from Josh Huestis
Q4 1:08 · POR 118-110 OKC
- Steal
Maurice Harkless stole it from Dion Waiters
Q4 0:37 · POR 118-110 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Al-Farouq Aminu technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 7:37 · POR 45-32 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 1:54 · POR 99-85 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 6:09 · POR 114-104 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Huestis lost ball turnover
Q4 1:08 · POR 118-110 OKC
- Turnover
Dion Waiters bad pass
Q4 0:37 · POR 118-110 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 32 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
