⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their nine
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:41 · LAL 14-10 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 4:30 · LAL 23-12 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
