⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first 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 Magic did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their ten
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 52
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 6:34 · POR 24-9 ORL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Skal Labissiere flagrant foul type 1
Q4 10:35 · POR 98-79 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 10:44 · POR 33-27 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
