⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 27-7 off them
- A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the third 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q3 11:07 · SA 59-54 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 3:06 · SA 70-64 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:37 · SA 8-15 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 7:30 · SA 33-46 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
