⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 33 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 14
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 2:34 · POR 32-26 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:01 · POR 65-52 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 6:53 · POR 45-39 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 4:01 · POR 80-69 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 20 | Threes made | 7 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Steals | 14 |
| 15 | Blocks | 19 |
