⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:43 · POR 17-10 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 1:39 · POR 31-16 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 30
Q3 6:09 · POR 81-51 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla double technical foul
Q2 0:17 · POR 60-38 LAL
- Technical
LaMarcus Aldridge technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:02 · POR 83-55 LAL
- Technical
Travis Outlaw double technical foul
Q3 0:02 · POR 83-55 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 11:21 · POR 84-64 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trevor Ariza flagrant foul type 2 (Rudy Fernandez draws the foul)
Q3 0:02 · POR 83-55 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
