⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:52 · LAL 14-8 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q1 4:41 · LAL 27-10 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
