⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+6Q125-16
+7Q222-18
+15Q337-21
-15Q419-32
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
60%Three-point accuracy20%
7Fast break points1
6Threes made2
4Blocks1
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28
Q3 7:33 · LAL 72-44 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 3:26 · LAL 41-26 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
