⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 40- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 9:37 · POR 34-29 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:15 · POR 2-10 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q3 8:55 · POR 56-70 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 2:23 · POR 99-123 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
