⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 19-7 off them- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:02 · POR 60-45 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:35 · POR 5-2 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 8:38 · POR 92-75 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses technical free throw
Q1 9:35 · POR 5-2 DET
📊The numbers
| POR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
