⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jim Jackson Double Technical Foul. Shaquille O'Neal gains possession.
Q4 4:28 · SAC 102-109 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 4:48 · SAC 12-24 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q2 0:03 · SAC 53-60 LAL
- Missed FT
Devean George missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:15 · SAC 110-118 LAL
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
