⏱️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 second 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, five of 27 from three- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 17-7 off them
- Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 24
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 10:32 · POR 96-90 LAL
- Winner
Brandon Roy hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:53 · POR 108-107 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 2:53 · POR 117-107 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla double technical foul
Q2 9:33 · POR 35-37 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant backcourt
Q4 2:24 · POR 109-107 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
