⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
- Made six threes to their thirteen
- They shot well above their usual, thirteen of 30 from three
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their five, and were outscored 29-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 3:23 · GS 63-57 LAL
- Steal
Monta Ellis stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 0:27 · GS 116-121 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 1:47 · GS 119-121 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 8:30 · GS 74-79 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shannon Brown traveling
Q4 0:57 · GS 114-121 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant lost ball
Q4 0:27 · GS 116-121 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · GS 121-123 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
