⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three
- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 29-7 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q3 10:26 · BKN 58-57 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 4:56 · BKN 69-67 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:47 · BKN 95-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 5:41 · BKN 85-98 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · BKN 95-99 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
