⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 6:54 · LAL 85-73 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 0:44 · LAL 51-53 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Scottie Pippen Technical Foul
Q1 7:39 · LAL 9-6 POR
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul
Q4 1:35 · LAL 90-77 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
