⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:23 · LAC 12-3 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q2 10:56 · LAC 58-33 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:42 · LAC 118-100 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:05 · LAC 73-68 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:26 · LAC 84-82 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:50 · LAC 92-84 POR
📊The numbers
| LAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
