⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 0:00 · SA 37-18 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q2 8:30 · SA 49-22 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 1:04 · SA 78-51 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
