⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 35 from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 6:52 · POR 22-12 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 2:26 · POR 60-56 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 5:43 · POR 97-103 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:03 · POR 103-109 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 6:33 · POR 43-52 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 8:47 · POR 63-71 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q3 4:14 · POR 71-88 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo back court turnover
Q4 3:46 · POR 95-103 LAL
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo traveling
Q4 1:20 · POR 103-109 LAL
- Missed FT
Josh Hart misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · POR 106-111 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
