⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 6:37 · BKN 17-14 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 11:30 · BKN 52-48 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:53 · BKN 4-12 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 6:37 · BKN 32-34 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 1:08 · BKN 43-48 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:53 · BKN 88-83 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
