⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 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
Made twelve threes to their six- They went cold, six of 29 from three
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 3:15 · POR 23-30 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:04 · POR 34-36 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 5:28 · POR 15-30 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
