⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 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
Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three- A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 43
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:33 · POR 61-50 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 10:26 · POR 71-59 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tiago Splitter technical foul
Q3 5:23 · POR 72-67 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:03 · POR 52-50 LAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up
Q3 5:55 · POR 72-78 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 20 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
