⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
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
- Lead
Damian Lillard hit a driving layup
Q4 0:41 · POR 117-115 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:58 · POR 114-110 LAC
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · POR 117-118 LAC
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · POR 117-118 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 5:56 · POR 19-17 LAC
- Ties it
Patrick Patterson hit a free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:00 · POR 115-115 LAC
- Winner
Rodney McGruder hit a 27-foot three jumper, Terance Mann with the assist
Q4 0:26 · POR 117-118 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Morris Sr. turnover
Q4 2:09 · POR 115-110 LAC
- Missed FT
Landry Shamet misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:39 · POR 115-110 LAC
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
