⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-11 off them- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 59
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 11:25 · POR 9-5 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 3:36 · POR 46-52 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 8:36 · POR 69-62 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:22 · POR 13-18 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 0:31 · POR 110-105 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:21 · POR 106-99 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 11 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
