⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Jr. technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:30 · ATL 44-61 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 9:03 · ATL 3-17 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 3:09 · ATL 18-40 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
