⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 26-8 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ashton Hagans misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:49 · POR 79-86 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
