⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43- A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32 in the fourth quarter
A 16-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 13 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 13
Q2 3:11 · LAL 41-54 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:29 · LAL 6-13 POR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 3:54 · LAL 12-29 POR
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32
Q4 11:11 · LAL 65-97 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
