⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 21-5 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:45 · POR 11-0 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 3:45 · POR 124-108 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
