⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 32 free throws to their sixteen
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 took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 3:42 · LAL 49-41 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 0:05 · LAL 59-45 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
