⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 6:49 · DET 14-22 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 11:30 · DET 54-60 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 8:31 · DET 56-68 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
