⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 36- A 17-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
- Made five threes to their eleven
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their fourteen
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 3:11 · LAL 49-41 NY
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 24
Q3 9:27 · LAL 76-52 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:36 · LAL 53-43 NY
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q3 7:00 · LAL 66-52 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q4 8:42 · LAL 91-77 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Duhon misses technical free throw
Q2 0:36 · LAL 53-43 NY
📊The numbers
| LAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
