⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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
They went cold, four of 21 from three- Burned in transition, 1 fast break points to 18
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 6:31 · POR 80-71 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
