⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 22-6 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 2:08 · GS 20-34 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 7:31 · GS 62-80 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 4:18 · GS 68-93 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:31 · GS 11-14 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
