⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 22-8 off them- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 30
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 8:22 · LAL 39-37 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 3:08 · LAL 82-69 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 9:56 · LAL 2-13 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
