⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 28 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 31-8 off them- A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 5:41 · LAL 67-79 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:39 · LAL 19-24 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 0:23 · LAL 30-40 GS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26
Q2 3:16 · LAL 49-75 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:15 · LAL 9-7 GS
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 84 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
