⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, nineteen 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.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 4:00 · TOR 87-96 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Rose misses technical free throw
Q4 9:38 · TOR 64-85 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 9:44 · TOR 23-33 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
