Portland Trail Blazers 106, Los Angeles Lakers 139 — Recap

December 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 106, Los Angeles Lakers 139. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 28-43 LAL; Q2 POR 26-26 LAL; Q3 POR 23-32 LAL; Q4 POR 29-38 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 43 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 16-of-26 shooting; Ben McLemore (POR) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Malik Monk (LAL) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Carmelo Anthony (LAL) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

43 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 16-26 FG

Scoring · POR

Ben McLemore

28 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

18 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 5-15 FG

Season highs

LeBron James · Season-high 43 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
POR	28	26	23	29		106
LAL	43	26	32	38		139

🧮 How They Scored

PORLAL

42Points in the paint50

18Fast-break points16

27Second-chance points2

11Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.2%Effective FG%66.5%

7.3%Turnover %6.7%

33.3%Offensive rebound %13.2%

0.265Free-throw rate0.353

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	32	18	4	7	0	0	3	5-15	1-8	7-9	-17
Norman Powell F-G	32	12	3	3	2	1	1	4-15	0-5	4-6	-19
Ben McLemore G	30	28	4	0	0	0	0	9-22	6-14	4-4	-10
Larry Nance Jr. F	26	13	9	0	0	0	0	6-9	1-1	0-0	-21
Reggie Perry F-C	26	7	4	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-1	2-2	-8
Dennis Smith Jr. G	24	4	7	6	1	1	3	2-8	0-2	0-1	-18
CJ Elleby F-G	18	9	6	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	5-5	-18
Cameron McGriff F	14	7	5	1	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	-9
Tony Snell G	14	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	-17
Nassir Little F	14	2	6	0	0	0	0	1-7	0-3	0-0	-15
Greg Brown III F	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Jarron Cumberland G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Monk G	30	18	4	1	0	1	1	6-11	2-5	4-4	+28
Russell Westbrook G	30	15	13	12	2	0	4	5-10	0-3	5-6	+29
LeBron James F	29	43	14	4	2	2	0	16-26	5-10	6-9	+18
Austin Reaves G	27	10	1	1	1	0	0	3-7	1-4	3-3	+13
Avery Bradley G	25	5	1	1	1	1	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	+18
Stanley Johnson F	23	10	3	2	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	2-2	+25
Talen Horton-Tucker G	22	10	3	3	0	1	2	2-4	0-0	6-6	+5
Trevor Ariza F	22	3	4	2	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+7
Carmelo Anthony F	21	16	2	0	0	3	0	6-11	4-7	0-0	+16
Wayne Ellington G	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+3
Kent Bazemore G	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ben McLemore	Bench	30	28	58.9	29.6	-20.6	10.7
Damian Lillard	Bench	32	18	47.5	27.2	-27.0	7.7
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	26	13	72.2	13.4	-38.2	13.4
Norman Powell	Bench	32	12	34.0	23.5	-29.4	1.4
CJ Elleby	Bench	18	9	54.9	16.3	-48.6	10.0
Reggie Perry	Bench	26	7	50.9	11.4	-12.1	3.8
Cameron McGriff	Bench	14	7	58.3	15.4	-33.3	10.3
Tony Snell	Bench	14	6	75.0	11.4	-62.2	5.4
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	24	4	23.7	17.2	-37.8	7.5
Nassir Little	Bench	14	2	14.3	20.0	-53.6	-1.6
Greg Brown III	Bench	7	0	0.0	23.5	-67.9	-4.3
Jarron Cumberland	Bench	4	0	0.0	8.3	-16.1	-3.9

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	29	43	71.8	42.0	+29.4	32.3
Malik Monk	Bench	30	18	70.5	19.4	+42.3	11.2
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	21	16	72.7	23.4	+37.3	16.4
Russell Westbrook	Bench	30	15	59.3	25.0	+45.3	23.2
Austin Reaves	Bench	27	10	60.1	13.8	+25.6	5.7
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	22	10	75.3	17.3	+14.8	9.7
Stanley Johnson	Bench	23	10	102.5	10.6	+64.5	6.4
Wayne Ellington	Bench	6	6	150.0	18.2	+30.0	29.6
Avery Bradley	Bench	25	5	62.5	7.1	+31.9	3.6
Kent Bazemore	Bench	6	3	50.0	27.3	+30.0	5.6
Trevor Ariza	Bench	22	3	50.0	6.1	+19.6	6.2