⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:03 · LAL 21-16 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:13 · LAL 46-34 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Mihm Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephen Jackson.
Q4 1:55 · LAL 95-90 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
