Blazers get key tiebreaker with 106-101 win over Lakers

— Damian Lillard had 38 points to lead Portland to a 106-101 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night that gave the Trail Blazers the tiebreaker over their Western Conference foe as the season winds to a close.
May 8, 2021, 06:46 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--LAL
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--POR

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Norman Powell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes 13-foot jumper
  • Alex Caruso makes 25-foot three pointer
  • CJ McCollum misses jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Damian Lillard misses three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 6-foot two point shot (Norman Powell assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Damian Lillard misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Alex Caruso misses driving layup
  • Norman Powell makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Alex Caruso misses 15-foot tip shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Norman Powell misses driving layup
  • Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Wesley Matthews makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Robert Covington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 32-foot three pointer
  • Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Wesley Matthews assists)
  • Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alex Caruso misses driving layup
  • Wesley Matthews makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Marc Gasol makes 26-foot three point jumper (Wesley Matthews assists)
  • Enes Kanter misses driving layup
  • Enes Kanter makes tip shot
  • Wesley Matthews misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Carmelo Anthony makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Covington assists)
  • Wesley Matthews misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses running pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses technical free throw
  • CJ McCollum makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Davis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alex Caruso makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Enes Kanter misses 54-foot three point jumper
  • Markieff Morris misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ben McLemore misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma makes 5-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 37-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes layup (Marc Gasol assists)
  • Norman Powell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Markieff Morris makes 2-foot layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Norman Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Norman Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ben McLemore misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 15-foot two point shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Marc Gasol misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 17-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
  • CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
  • Markieff Morris misses alley oop layup
  • Enes Kanter makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Andre Drummond misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot jumper
  • Norman Powell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Andre Drummond makes tip shot
  • Norman Powell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes driving layup
  • Norman Powell makes three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Alex Caruso makes driving layup (Andre Drummond assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Andre Drummond makes dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Norman Powell misses driving layup
  • Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Anthony Davis makes two point shot
  • Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Wesley Matthews misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Andre Drummond misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes driving layup (Andre Drummond assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Marc Gasol makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Robert Covington misses three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alex Caruso makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 10-foot two point shot (Robert Covington assists)
  • Alex Caruso makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Norman Powell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses jump bank shot
  • Robert Covington misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 11-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses 37-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 13-foot jumper
  • Norman Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Norman Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alex Caruso makes two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes driving layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot driving dunk
  • Anthony Davis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Enes Kanter makes 2-foot layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Ben McLemore misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Wesley Matthews misses driving layup
  • Anthony Davis makes tip shot
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Alex Caruso misses driving layup
  • Anthony Davis misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Anthony Davis misses 4-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes driving layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Enes Kanter makes 1-foot layup (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Markieff Morris misses pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Ben McLemore makes 23-foot three point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
  • Marc Gasol misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses tip shot
  • Wesley Matthews misses driving floating jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes two point shot (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Anthony Davis misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Norman Powell misses two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses tip shot
  • Markieff Morris misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Markieff Morris makes tip shot
  • Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Alex Caruso misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Norman Powell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alex Caruso makes two point shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Robert Covington misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three pointer (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alex Caruso misses driving layup
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Robert Covington misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Davis makes tip shot
  • Norman Powell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Robert Covington misses tip shot
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alex Caruso makes driving layup
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alex Caruso misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot
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