⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made four threes to their eleven- They shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 2:53 · SA 24-20 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:30 · SA 53-66 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 10:19 · SA 28-35 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kobe Bryant flagrant foul type 1 (Brent Barry draws the foul)
Q3 1:15 · SA 53-70 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
