Portland Trail Blazers – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 October 2022

POR106–104LAL

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 89% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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↑ LAL winsPOR wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when LAL leads and falls when POR does.

This is how the game was decided.

Damian Lillard decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (41, with 5 rebounds and 2 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Shaedon Sharpe's (+8). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Los Angeles Lakers 104-106 Portland Trail Blazers (October 23, 2022) was hit by Jerami Grant: a layup with 3.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Portland Trail Blazers up 106-104. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 104-106 Portland Trail Blazers (October 23, 2022) was a 15-0 run by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter (from 5:37 to 2:30), from 9-16 to 24-16. The Los Angeles Lakers' best was a 10-0 run in the third quarter (from 3:39 to 59.4 s), from 70-74 to 80-74.

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Play: Jerami Grant makes driving layup.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jerami Grant decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Grant decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

23 October 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468192:699; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · POR

Hart · Grant · Lillard · Winslow · Little

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Davis · Walker · Beverley · Reaves

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POR

Josh Hart

36′ · -4

Anfernee Simons

36′ · +2

Jerami Grant

35′ · 0

Damian Lillard

34′ · +2

Jusuf Nurkic

30′ · +3

Justise Winslow

25′ · +2

Shaedon Sharpe

16′ · +8

Drew Eubanks

13′ · -3

Nassir Little

14′ · 0

LAL

LeBron James

38′ · +2

Anthony Davis

36′ · +3

Lonnie Walker IV

32′ · +5

Patrick Beverley

30′ · +7

Russell Westbrook

28′ · -4

Austin Reaves

19′ · -6

Troy Brown Jr.

22′ · 0

Juan Toscano-Anderson

20′ · -5

Kendrick Nunn

10′ · -7

Damian Jones

6′ · -5

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. POR and LAL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Portland Trail Blazers

Hart, Simons, Lillard, Grant, and Nurkic played 19.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Hart, Lillard, Grant, and Nurkic played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Winslow, Simons, Eubanks, Little, and Sharpe played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Walker, Westbrook, Beverley, Davis, and James played 15.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Brown, Walker, Beverley, Davis, and James played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Nunn, Toscano-Anderson, Reaves, and Davis played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Portland Trail Blazers

Winslow, Simons, Little, Sharpe, and Nurkic played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Winslow, Hart, Eubanks, Lillard, and Grant played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Winslow, Hart, Eubanks, Sharpe, and Lillard played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Winslow, Hart, Simons, Little, and Sharpe played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Winslow, Simons, Little, Sharpe, and Grant played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Hart, Simons, Eubanks, Lillard, and Grant played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Simons, Eubanks, Little, Sharpe, and Grant played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Walker, Toscano-Anderson, Westbrook, Davis, and James played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Jones, Brown, Reaves, Beverley, and James played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brown, Nunn, Toscano-Anderson, Reaves, and James played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Nunn, Toscano-Anderson, Reaves, and James played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Walker, Toscano-Anderson, Beverley, and James played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Walker, Toscano-Anderson, Westbrook, Beverley, and Davis played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, and Davis played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Brown, Toscano-Anderson, Reaves, Westbrook, and Davis played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, Davis, and James played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Josh Hart covered 4.38 km, more than anyone in the game.

Damian Lillard touched the ball 95 times, a game high.
Damian Lillard made 57 passes, a game high.
Anthony Davis defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Jusuf Nurkić had 28 rebound chances, a game high.

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Portland Trail Blazers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Josh Hart	4.38	6.7	51	39
Anfernee Simons	4.33	6.7	75	45
Damian Lillard	4.15	6.8	95	57
Jerami Grant	3.94	6.3	44	29
Jusuf Nurkić	3.43	6.3	49	40
Justise Winslow	3.02	6.6	50	39
Shaedon Sharpe	2.00	6.7	19	12
Drew Eubanks	1.75	7.2	13	12
Nassir Little	1.72	6.7	24	16

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
LeBron James	4.01	5.9	89	56
Anthony Davis	3.99	6.1	66	46
Lonnie Walker IV	3.89	6.7	35	20
Patrick Beverley	3.70	7.0	44	37
Russell Westbrook	3.07	6.2	51

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Portland Trail Blazers

Josh Hart recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 7 of 382 in the league.
Jusuf Nurkić contested 8.9 shots per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 23 of 382 in the league.
Jerami Grant drew 0.13 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 40 of 382 in the league.

Los Angeles Lakers

Anthony Davis recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 1 of 382 in the league.
Patrick Beverley drew 0.31 charges per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 8 of 382 in the league.
Austin Reaves drew 0.30 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won 170 of their 304 games against the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Game context

Attendance

18.997

100% of capacity

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Scoring

210

combined points

19.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

31 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:11

LeBron James → Trail Blazers

James (LAL) slides his pivot foot at the start of his dribble.

Turnover: 8 Second Violation · 00:16.6

Damian Lillard → Lakers

Lillard (POR) does not get the ball across the mid-court line within 8 seconds. A 8 second violation should've been whistled.

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:53.5

Patrick Beverley → Damian Lillard

Beverley (LAL) grabs Lillard's (POR) arm underneath the basket and the contact affects his ability to secure the loose ball.

Foul: Personal · 01:21

Patrick Beverley → Damian Lillard

Beverley (LAL) makes contact to Lillard's (POR) lower body during his drive and the contact affects his SQBR.