⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 30- They shot well above their usual, nine of nineteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tim Thomas Lost Ball. Stolen by Karl Malone.
Q4 1:07 · MIL 101-101 LAL
- Turnover
Toni Kukoc Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 0:24 · MIL 103-106 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Ties it
Kobe Bryant made 28 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Q4 1:30 · MIL 101-101 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q4 3:33 · MIL 101-104 LAL
- Winner
Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 1:01 · MIL 101-103 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · MIL 103-106 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
