⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
- Won the second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to three
- Made four threes to their eleven
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
Tim Duncan lost ball
Q4 1:13 · SA 95-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 7:41 · SA 9-23 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:33 · SA 31-47 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 9:53 · SA 77-89 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · SA 95-102 LAL
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · SA 95-102 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
