⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:31 · LAL 49-46 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 3:24 · LAL 80-72 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · LAL 104-99 GS
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · LAL 105-99 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
