⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 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
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 31-16 off them
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 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 6:12 · POR 30-40 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:08 · POR 64-66 LAL
- Steal
Scoot Henderson stole it from Austin Reaves
Q4 2:25 · POR 98-102 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anfernee Simons misses technical free throw
Q2 10:12 · POR 15-30 LAL
- Turnover
Jerami Grant turnover
Q4 2:22 · POR 98-102 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:30 · POR 8-17 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 10:24 · POR 81-89 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball turnover
Q4 2:47 · POR 96-102 LAL
- Turnover
Austin Reaves bad pass
Q4 2:25 · POR 98-102 LAL
- Turnover
LeBron James out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:31 · POR 100-106 LAL
📊The numbers
| POR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
