⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Bad Pass. Stolen by Devean George.
Q4 4:01 · SA 80-83 LAL
- Missed FT
David Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:28 · SA 82-88 LAL
- Missed FT
David Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:28 · SA 82-88 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 5:03 · SA 60-61 LAL
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 5:03 · SA 60-61 LAL
- Turnover
Derek Fisher Lost Ball. Stolen by Tim Duncan.
Q4 4:22 · SA 80-83 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
