⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 3
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 4:11 · POR 26-20 LAC
- Ties it
Steve Blake hit a 23-foot three jumper, Brandon Roy with the assist
OT 1:15 · POR 102-102 LAC
- Ties it
Brandon Roy hit a 12-foot two point shot
OT 0:48 · POR 104-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Greg Oden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:50 · POR 91-92 LAC
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:20 · POR 96-94 LAC
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge traveling
2OT 2:25 · POR 108-112 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 11:32 · POR 32-34 LAC
- Lead
Baron Davis hit a 24-foot three jumper, Eric Gordon with the assist
OT 4:47 · POR 97-100 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
2OT 3:33 · POR 108-116 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mardy Collins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:29 · POR 92-92 LAC
- Missed FT
Mardy Collins misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:29 · POR 92-92 LAC
- Turnover
Baron Davis bad pass
Q4 0:08 · POR 96-94 LAC
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
