⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 26
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 10:00 · LAL 21-6 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 11:10 · LAL 43-30 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 2:32 · LAL 68-52 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 39 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
