⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-15 off them
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:58 · BKN 36-42 LAL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q3 1:23 · BKN 84-78 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin Lost Ball. Stolen by Devean George.
Q4 5:00 · BKN 94-91 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 6:37 · BKN 14-24 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q2 4:28 · BKN 30-42 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · BKN 98-102 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · BKN 98-102 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
