⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 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
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 30 from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38
- A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 38
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 11-point lead to 23
Q1 4:52 · POR 40-17 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dennis Schroder misses technical free throw
Q1 3:35 · POR 37-17 OKC
📊The numbers
| POR | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
