⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of nineteen from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 2:30 · GS 85-102 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 10:19 · GS 28-44 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:35 · GS 49-63 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
