⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:07 · POR 68-83 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 9:07 · POR 66-83 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:59 · POR 59-67 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
