⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 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
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:03 · POR 10-4 LAL
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up
Q2 8:40 · POR 47-29 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q2 6:20 · POR 37-29 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
