⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight- Kept giving it away, ten turnovers to their no, and outscored them 19-11 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:44 · POR 38-35 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 7:13 · POR 85-74 DEN
- Winner
Anfernee Simons hit a driving layup
Q4 0:00 · POR 126-124 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anfernee Simons lost ball turnover
Q4 4:10 · POR 115-109 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:55 · POR 18-24 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:35 · POR 106-103 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 2:52 · POR 120-122 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 35 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
