⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:44 · HOU 26-24 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q1 8:24 · HOU 9-10 POR
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard
Q4 8:08 · HOU 88-102 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
