⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 24-14 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 34
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:36 · POR 49-41 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:41 · POR 72-55 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
