⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-7 off them
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 11:41 · LAL 34-27 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 8:15 · LAL 45-31 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 5:03 · LAL 45-31 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 11:44 · LAL 6-11 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
