⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 43
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 11
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q1 7:05 · LAL 22-4 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
