⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better 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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 0:22 · LAL 31-29 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 8:34 · LAL 41-30 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 11:45 · LAL 58-39 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 9:11 · LAL 60-51 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 11:12 · LAL 50-39 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
