⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-8 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
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
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Double Technical Foul. Tim Duncan gains possession.
Q4 7:09 · LAL 82-92 SA
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Lost Ball. Stolen by Emmanuel Ginobili.
Q4 2:56 · LAL 93-99 SA
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:59 · LAL 96-103 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:13 · LAL 27-33 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 9:15 · LAL 31-47 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:49 · LAL 95-101 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:49 · LAL 95-101 SA
- Turnover
Emmanuel Ginobili Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 0:37 · LAL 96-103 SA
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
