⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second 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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:11 · BKN 8-4 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:03 · BKN 17-10 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 8:00 · BKN 38-25 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tracy Murray Technical Foul
Q2 9:56 · BKN 24-20 LAL
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q2 9:56 · BKN 24-20 LAL
- Technical
Tracy Murray Technical Foul
Q2 3:55 · BKN 38-27 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
