⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. 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, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of nineteen from three- A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 22
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 2 down to 18 up
Q1 6:43 · LAL 15-33 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:07 · LAL 48-65 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 9:47 · LAL 65-82 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
