⏱️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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 0:07 · POR 62-41 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:06 · POR 63-49 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:34 · POR 11-16 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 8:38 · POR 63-51 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 1:52 · POR 80-65 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
George Hill misses technical free throw
Q3 7:06 · POR 63-49 SAC
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 8 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 11 |
| 22 | Blocks | 24 |
