⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:46 · LAL 81-75 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Caffey Technical Foul
Q1 3:05 · LAL 23-25 MIL
- Flagrant
Tim Thomas Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 7:45 · LAL 71-59 MIL
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 34 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
