⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 18- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 6:58 · LAL 89-100 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarrett Jack misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · LAL 100-108 POR
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · LAL 102-109 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
