⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 7:20 · POR 25-10 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q1 2:50 · POR 34-12 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 11:05 · POR 60-40 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 10:10 · POR 40-26 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 1:23 · POR 105-90 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
