⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-14 off them- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 47
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:20 · LAL 23-14 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 11:17 · LAL 55-52 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Offensive Foul
Q4 1:02 · LAL 95-92 MIL
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Foul
Q4 1:02 · LAL 95-92 MIL
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · LAL 100-96 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:15 · LAL 32-31 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 1:57 · LAL 47-52 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:00 · LAL 55-60 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Redd Bad Pass. Stolen by Chucky Atkins.
Q4 4:37 · LAL 88-84 MIL
- Turnover
Michael Redd Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 0:42 · LAL 95-92 MIL
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 75% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
