⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the first quarter
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:44 · GS 45-47 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q1 1:46 · GS 20-34 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
