⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+6Q128-20
+6Q230-24
0Q322-21
-2Q424-23
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 29- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
Key battles
7Blocks1
21%Three-point accuracy45%
23Points off turnovers12
11Offensive rebounds7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 6:03 · LAL 94-74 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
