⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-4 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 10:32 · NO 41-31 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Herbert Jones steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 4:39 · NO 89-97 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:32 · NO 77-86 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
