⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their twelve- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the fourth quarter
- Made ten threes to their eighteen
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the third 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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:16 · POR 22-16 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:20 · POR 78-72 HOU
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q3 5:28 · POR 98-84 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Evan Turner lost ball turnover
Q4 3:44 · POR 109-107 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q4 8:24 · POR 104-103 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Paul lost ball turnover
Q4 0:56 · POR 115-119 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · POR 115-120 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 12 |
| 28 | Blocks | 17 |
