⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs 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.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Fabricio Oberto bad pass
Q4 3:31 · SA 79-86 LAL
- Turnover
Brent Barry bad pass
Q4 1:46 · SA 84-91 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:21 · SA 4-12 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 7:22 · SA 8-22 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:51 · SA 84-91 LAL
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:50 · SA 86-93 LAL
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:50 · SA 86-93 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
