⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 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.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul George technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:55 · OKC 29-27 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 9:01 · OKC 62-72 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 5:02 · OKC 68-81 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 1:23 · OKC 77-96 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shabazz Napier misses technical free throw
Q2 9:55 · OKC 29-27 POR
📊The numbers
| OKC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 4 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 15 |
| 17 | Blocks | 20 |
