⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, 27 free throws to their eleven- A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 up in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 10:40 · LAC 68-66 POR
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
Q1 4:24 · LAC 12-15 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 1:37 · LAC 31-46 POR
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 up
Q4 7:22 · LAC 68-84 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
