⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 6:16 · LAL 71-57 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Sasha Vujacic double technical foul
Q2 10:41 · LAL 23-25 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
