⏱️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 third 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, 12 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, 50 rebounds to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - D'Angelo Russell and Damian Lillard
Q3 6:05 · LAL 63-64 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
