⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their ten
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12 in the fourth quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:52 · LAL 75-87 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Double Technical Foul. Vlade Divac gains possession.
Q3 3:40 · LAL 46-67 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q1 2:43 · LAL 15-36 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 10:55 · LAL 40-60 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Hidayet Turkoglu Technical Foul
Q3 2:59 · LAL 46-70 SAC
- Technical
Chucky Brown Technical Foul
Q4 8:18 · LAL 60-86 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
