⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 13-0 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 52
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q2 7:46 · POR 41-31 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 11:26 · POR 63-47 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q3 7:35 · POR 74-50 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Wallace and Ron Artest
Q4 6:56 · POR 81-64 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:09 · POR 21-25 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:18 · POR 74-62 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:52 · POR 80-64 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 28 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
