⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:46 · TOR 75-77 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 0:28 · TOR 23-33 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 8:12 · TOR 89-104 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
