⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:33 · LAL 8-4 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 10:15 · LAL 86-59 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mark Pope Technical Foul
Q1 2:41 · LAL 20-12 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
