⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 8
- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 11:42 · LAL 45-21 GS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 1 (Vladimir Radmanovic draws the foul)
Q4 8:55 · LAL 101-66 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 32 | Assists | 16 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
