⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 28 from three
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 took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:53 · POR 22-20 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 1:21 · POR 93-75 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Zach Collins and Markieff Morris
Q1 0:00 · POR 26-31 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
