⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 27- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-10 off them
- They shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 5:58 · LAL 19-17 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 5:48 · LAL 42-35 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 6:05 · LAL 70-60 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Grant Bad Pass. Stolen by Kurt Thomas.
Q4 0:45 · LAL 111-103 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:53 · LAL 7-15 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · LAL 111-103 NY
📊The numbers
| LAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
