⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-2Q125-27
-6Q224-28
-18Q322-37
+5Q428-23
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
5Threes made12
9Fast break points4
15Offensive rebounds8
29%Three-point accuracy46%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:35 · SAC 17-11 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 3:16 · SAC 21-27 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
