⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 7:35 · SA 49-28 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 2:51 · SA 87-54 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Ferry Technical Foul
Q3 6:43 · SA 70-45 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 25
Q4 9:23 · SA 94-69 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 6:43 · SA 70-45 LAL
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q3 4:52 · SA 72-48 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
