⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 4:07 · SAC 25-17 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 9:15 · SAC 83-96 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:05 · SAC 27-26 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q4 4:35 · SAC 88-112 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 11 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
