⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC 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 Clippers 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 8:57 · POR 77-65 LAC
- Steal
Travis Outlaw stole it from Smush Parker
Q4 1:37 · POR 99-93 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Blake offensive foul (Quinton Ross draws the foul)
Q4 2:27 · POR 99-93 LAC
- Turnover
Steve Blake turnover
Q4 2:27 · POR 99-93 LAC
- Missed FT
Brandon Roy misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · POR 105-99 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 9:18 · POR 92-87 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Powell lost ball
Q4 3:20 · POR 99-91 LAC
- Turnover
Josh Powell traveling
Q4 2:14 · POR 99-93 LAC
- Turnover
Smush Parker lost ball
Q4 1:37 · POR 99-93 LAC
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
