⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
+10Q128-18
-7Q230-37
+22Q335-14
-11Q424-36
▼ LAL 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 22 from three- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 30-15 off them
- Gave up second chances, 26 offensive rebounds to their sixteen
Key battles
15Points off turnovers30
8Steals15
18Turnovers10
16Offensive rebounds26
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 26 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
