⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 27- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q3 2:30 · LAL 91-85 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 5:30 · LAL 113-96 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:44 · LAL 91-87 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
