⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 11:01 · LAL 84-73 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 4:01 · LAL 17-28 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:04 · LAL 23-38 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 12 | Blocks | 1 |
