⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 1:54 · LAL 46-37 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 10:37 · LAL 57-41 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q4 10:30 · LAL 88-60 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
