⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:47 · LAL 15-17 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q2 7:43 · LAL 19-21 SA
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:35 · LAL 78-76 SA
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · LAL 83-78 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:01 · LAL 48-54 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Lost Ball. Stolen by Derek Fisher.
Q4 2:15 · LAL 78-74 SA
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
