⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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, 37 free throws to their twenty
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
Q2 11:18 · POR 32-25 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 8:18 · POR 66-59 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 1:21 · POR 83-77 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · POR 101-98 LAL
- Missed FT
Rudy Fernandez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · POR 102-98 LAL
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · POR 105-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 7:07 · POR 38-42 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:41 · POR 40-50 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 5:26 · POR 68-71 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:37 · POR 56-57 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 0:37 · POR 102-98 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
