⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, nine of eighteen from three
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to eight
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 42
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 7:22 · LAL 39-35 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 9:38 · LAL 72-61 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Double Technical Foul. Mike Bibby gains possession.
Q1 0:25 · LAL 24-27 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 39 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
