⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 44- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 20-7 off them
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:54 · POR 67-62 LAC
- Winner
Damian Lillard hit a 11-foot two point shot
Q4 2:35 · POR 86-85 LAC
- Steal
C.J. McCollum stole it from Blake Griffin
Q4 1:22 · POR 88-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Maurice Harkless Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 4:43 · POR 81-80 LAC
- Missed FT
C.J. McCollum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:19 · POR 88-85 LAC
- Missed FT
Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:45 · POR 92-86 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 3:49 · POR 17-19 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:12 · POR 56-51 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:47 · POR 84-85 LAC
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:47 · POR 84-85 LAC
- Turnover
Blake Griffin lost ball turnover
Q4 1:22 · POR 88-85 LAC
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 15 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
