⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:32 · POR 20-17 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 6:55 · POR 47-58 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
CJ McCollum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:17 · POR 79-96 LAL
- Technical
Terry Stotts technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:05 · POR 89-106 LAL
- Technical
Terry Stotts technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:05 · POR 89-106 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:48 · POR 32-37 LAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q2 9:45 · POR 39-58 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 2:47 · POR 109-136 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
