⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 45 rebounds to 57
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- Winner
Tony Parker made Technical Free Throw.
Q4 0:09 · SA 83-82 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
David Robinson Offensive Foul
Q4 0:55 · SA 82-82 LAL
- Turnover
David Robinson Foul
Q4 0:55 · SA 82-82 LAL
- Turnover
Tim Duncan Bad Pass
Q4 0:24 · SA 82-82 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 9:22 · SA 64-66 LAL
- Ties it
Kobe Bryant made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Q4 1:07 · SA 82-82 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Out of Bounds
Q4 0:40 · SA 82-82 LAL
- Technical
Robert Horry Technical Foul
Q4 0:09 · SA 82-82 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
