⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:38 · LAL 27-20 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 10:42 · LAL 58-41 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Chucky Atkins Double Technical Foul. Jamal Sampson gains possession.
Q2 0:48 · LAL 50-40 CHA
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · LAL 96-90 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:30 · LAL 10-12 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:03 · LAL 84-75 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emeka Okafor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:54 · LAL 89-82 CHA
- Turnover
Keith Bogans Bad Pass
Q4 2:33 · LAL 93-85 CHA
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
