⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom turnover
Q4 1:51 · LAL 101-94 SAC
- Turnover
Pau Gasol turnover
Q4 0:58 · LAL 104-100 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyreke Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:03 · LAL 67-66 SAC
- Turnover
Omri Casspi offensive foul (Shannon Brown draws the foul)
Q4 3:40 · LAL 97-90 SAC
- Turnover
Omri Casspi turnover
Q4 3:40 · LAL 97-90 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
