⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 58 free throws to their 24- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:11 · NY 20-18 LAL
- Flagrant
Antonio Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
Q3 7:09 · NY 55-71 LAL
- Technical
Channing Frye double technical foul
Q3 5:46 · NY 59-75 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 5:24 · NY 20-21 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 3:13 · NY 22-31 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q4 5:48 · NY 85-119 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q3 5:46 · NY 59-75 LAL
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 43 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
