⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 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
Made nine threes to their two
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · POR 111-108 LAL

Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Foul
Q4 1:23 · POR 109-104 LAL
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Foul
Q4 1:23 · POR 109-104 LAL
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:23 · POR 109-105 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |







