⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 41 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 2:03 · HOU 18-30 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 1:28 · HOU 110-125 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
