⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 12
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Rui Hachimura defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:52 · LAL 110-104 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Deni Avdija technical foul
Q3 5:17 · LAL 78-72 POR
- Turnover
Shaedon Sharpe turnover
Q4 3:03 · LAL 101-97 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
