⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:38 · BKN 8-2 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vince Carter lost ball
Q4 4:28 · BKN 83-89 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 5:13 · BKN 83-95 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
