⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 27-13 off them
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eight
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q3 10:00 · CHA 72-60 POR
- Steal
Kelly Oubre Jr. stole it from Damian Lillard
Q4 2:12 · CHA 93-101 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelly Oubre Jr. misses technical free throw
Q2 4:30 · CHA 49-46 POR
- Turnover
Dennis Smith Jr. bad pass
Q4 2:56 · CHA 93-100 POR
- Turnover
Terry Rozier turnover
Q4 2:30 · CHA 93-101 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:53 · CHA 40-40 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 5:04 · CHA 49-54 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 6:50 · CHA 72-72 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaedon Sharpe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:30 · CHA 49-46 POR
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:42 · CHA 93-100 POR
- Turnover
Damian Lillard lost ball turnover
Q4 2:12 · CHA 93-101 POR
📊The numbers
| CHA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
