⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 12
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 6:16 · SAC 29-17 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 9:26 · SAC 44-46 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 4:22 · SAC 53-66 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 11:03 · SAC 86-105 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
