⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 11 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
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 30- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 27-17 off them
- A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 32
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 dragged them back level
Q1 11:07 · POR 10-10 LAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 7:37 · POR 26-14 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 6:07 · POR 120-97 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Meyers Leonard misses technical free throw
Q2 11:48 · POR 37-22 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
