⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first 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 Pistons 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 7:23 · POR 20-9 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 3:37 · POR 100-84 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Kennard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:34 · POR 86-74 DET
📊The numbers
| POR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 8 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 17 | Blocks | 16 |
