⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 eighteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 32 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 18-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:43 · HOU 52-52 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:02 · HOU 83-83 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 4:26 · HOU 92-90 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and Anfernee Simons
Q4 1:50 · HOU 92-94 POR
- Turnover
Fred VanVleet offensive foul
Q4 0:04 · HOU 98-103 POR
- Turnover
Fred VanVleet turnover
Q4 0:04 · HOU 98-103 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 10:51 · HOU 3-10 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 3:20 · HOU 65-70 POR
- Winner
Anfernee Simons hit a 25-foot three step back jumper
Q4 0:28 · HOU 96-99 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerami Grant offensive foul
Q4 3:21 · HOU 90-90 POR
- Missed FT
Toumani Camara misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:35 · HOU 94-94 POR
- Missed FT
Toumani Camara misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:35 · HOU 94-94 POR
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 18 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
