⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nineteen turnovers to their 25
- Won the second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to twelve
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:22 · LAL 70-76 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 6:06 · LAL 38-46 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 8:27 · LAL 58-73 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Matisse Thybulle technical foul
Q2 3:22 · LAL 40-46 POR
📊The numbers
| LAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
