⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:55 · SA 16-8 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 5:31 · SA 81-56 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q3 2:33 · SA 90-57 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q4 5:28 · SA 108-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jannero Pargo Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 2:19 · SA 84-57 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
