⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 13- A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 18
Q1 5:17 · POR 42-24 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 6:29 · POR 97-82 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 5:13 · POR 67-57 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DaQuan Jeffries flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:52 · POR 93-82 HOU
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 18 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
