⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · POR 91-97 LAC
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
