⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 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, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 51
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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 5 down to 5 up
Q2 9:57 · LAC 36-31 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 10:40 · LAC 56-49 POR
- Lead
Hedo Turkoglu hit a two point shot, Chris Paul with the assist
OT 4:03 · LAC 89-87 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:01 · LAC 83-75 POR
- Turnover
Chris Paul lost ball turnover
Q4 1:10 · LAC 85-79 POR
- Turnover
J.J. Redick bad pass
OT 2:40 · LAC 89-91 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- Ties it
Nicolas Batum hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:26 · LAC 87-87 POR
- Lead
Damian Lillard hit a two point shot, Nicolas Batum with the assist
OT 3:04 · LAC 89-91 POR
- Winner
LaMarcus Aldridge hit a two point shot, Nicolas Batum with the assist
OT 0:59 · LAC 93-95 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
