⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 11:33 · LAL 63-51 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 2:43 · LAL 105-100 GS
- Turnover
Lamar Odom bad pass
Q4 2:23 · LAL 105-102 GS
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 0:20 · LAL 112-106 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:18 · LAL 77-71 GS
- Steal
Monta Ellis stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 2:43 · LAL 105-100 GS
- Steal
Monta Ellis stole it from Lamar Odom
Q4 2:23 · LAL 105-102 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
