⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 35 from three
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 62
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 1:38 · POR 38-31 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 4:02 · POR 99-91 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 8 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
