⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 28-11 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 8:12 · LAL 18-10 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 1:23 · LAL 38-18 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:16 · LAL 96-90 POR
- Technical
Smush Parker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:47 · LAL 105-92 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q2 8:36 · LAL 44-35 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sebastian Telfair bad pass
Q4 3:44 · LAL 97-90 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
