⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Lost the glass, 14 rebounds to 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 6:56 · LAL 40-35 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kobe Bryant flagrant foul type 1 (Kris Humphries draws the foul)
Q2 7:13 · LAL 32-34 TOR
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 2:15 · LAL 106-98 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- Steal
Andrea Bargnani stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 2:15 · LAL 106-98 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kris Humphries misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 7:13 · LAL 32-34 TOR
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
