⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 10:48 · POR 37-36 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 0:00 · POR 97-79 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:10 · POR 105-98 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 4:16 · POR 19-27 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Emmanuel Mudiay lost ball turnover
Q4 4:31 · POR 99-91 DEN
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · POR 107-99 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
