⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 1-point lead to 9
Q2 2:58 · LAL 43-34 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 7:09 · LAL 87-76 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:06 · LAL 96-85 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:18 · LAL 78-76 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
