⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 33 from three- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 66
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 9:33 · LAL 61-59 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 3:39 · LAL 80-74 POR
- Ties it
LeBron James hit a driving dunk
Q4 0:07 · LAL 104-104 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 1:08 · LAL 45-51 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up
Q1 5:37 · LAL 16-24 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 0:09 · LAL 83-84 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 1:52 · LAL 102-104 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
