⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+4Q123-17
+3Q223-20
+6Q322-14
+5Q431-26
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 25-10 off them
Key battles
25Assists10
25Points off turnovers10
43%Three-point accuracy21%
14Turnovers23
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 3:24 · LAL 15-11 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonathan Bender Technical Foul
Q1 3:24 · LAL 15-11 IND
📊The numbers
| LAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
