⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 19 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
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
A 18-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 10 in the fourth 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:59 · LAL 79-89 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 7:52 · LAL 44-61 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
