⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:10 · LAL 17-18 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 9:22 · LAL 59-50 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:04 · LAL 92-85 POR
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Goaltending
Q4 0:04 · LAL 95-87 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
