⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
-5Q122-27
-4Q222-26
+9Q323-14
-10Q419-29
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 26-12 off them
Key battles
1Blocks8
13Steals5
26Points off turnovers12
10Turnovers20
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
