⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen 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 7 down to 3 up
Q1 7:07 · LAL 14-11 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 8:41 · LAL 90-74 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brad Miller misses technical free throw
Q2 4:33 · LAL 45-33 SAC
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby misses technical free throw
Q3 11:45 · LAL 55-47 SAC
- Technical
Kenny Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:40 · LAL 76-65 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
