⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 31-13 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 10:27 · POR 35-25 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q2 6:16 · POR 52-38 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 2:00 · POR 102-77 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:12 · POR 123-115 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 8:13 · POR 82-65 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:34 · POR 125-120 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelly Oubre Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:29 · POR 9-13 PHX
- Technical
Igor Kokoskov technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · POR 62-47 PHX
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:27 · POR 85-65 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
