⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 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
They went cold, no of eleven from three- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 16-5 off them
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 6 down to 2 up
Q3 9:30 · POR 62-60 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 5:33 · POR 76-66 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 0 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
