⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:01 · LAL 18-8 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 6:28 · LAL 64-48 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Traveling
Q4 0:38 · LAL 100-92 POR
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · LAL 102-96 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dale Davis Technical Foul
Q3 4:39 · LAL 62-48 POR
- Technical
Dale Davis Technical Foul
Q3 4:11 · LAL 66-50 POR
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 3.
Q4 0:25 · LAL 100-93 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
