⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 10:53 · POR 101-88 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Will Barton and Seth Curry
Q4 6:16 · POR 104-90 DEN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Torrey Craig and Zach Collins
Q4 6:16 · POR 104-90 DEN
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |