⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 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 eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 22
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 5:03 · LAL 28-22 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 1:01 · LAL 43-29 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 10:41 · LAL 102-84 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 6:05 · LAL 77-79 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Linas Kleiza technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:36 · LAL 112-94 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
