⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 14 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
Made fourteen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 17
- A 20-0 run took them from 6 down to 14 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 8:20 · POR 44-38 DET
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 6 down to 14 up
Q2 2:50 · POR 66-52 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 9:01 · POR 78-59 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:15 · POR 83-67 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Stewart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:58 · POR 124-97 DET
📊The numbers
| POR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 37 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
