⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:37 · LAL 92-84 BKN
- Missed FT
Gary Payton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:37 · LAL 92-84 BKN
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:30 · LAL 93-86 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 0:41 · LAL 46-55 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Collins Technical Foul
Q3 5:13 · LAL 54-61 BKN
- Turnover
Rodney Rogers Bad Pass. Stolen by Luke Walton.
Q4 4:54 · LAL 79-76 BKN
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:30 · LAL 82-76 BKN
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
