⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 37 from three- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 3:19 · POR 23-28 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 0:43 · POR 53-60 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:13 · POR 31-44 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw
Q4 6:19 · POR 84-99 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
