⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their eighteen- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 16
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:07 · LAL 17-12 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 10:52 · LAL 90-76 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jordan Farmar misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · LAL 110-102 MIL
- Missed FT
Jordan Farmar misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · LAL 110-102 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
