⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 15 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-11 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 11:07 · GS 24-23 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Louis Amundson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:50 · GS 90-82 LAL

Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:34 · GS 0-10 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Fisher misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:18 · GS 95-87 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |







