⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33- 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 3:30 · POR 32-15 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:07 · POR 50-44 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Roy Hibbert flagrant foul type 1 (Maurice Harkless draws the foul)
Q2 5:58 · POR 42-31 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
