⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 27 from three
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 23-13 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 1:23 · SA 23-15 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 3:42 · SA 51-36 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 9:48 · SA 90-68 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:58 · SA 101-90 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 2 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
