⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q3 6:32 · POR 52-67 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 2:40 · POR 20-28 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 10:43 · POR 39-59 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 8:38 · POR 66-89 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
