⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 43 from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 4:29 · HOU 15-21 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 4:20 · HOU 31-43 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 0:27 · HOU 37-55 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
