⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 24
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:00 · LAC 44-47 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 0:00 · LAC 73-86 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:18 · LAC 86-111 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
