⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 30-11 off them
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:04 · SAC 78-97 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:28 · SAC 8-19 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 3:33 · SAC 18-34 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 9:04 · SAC 78-105 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
