⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
- A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 21-8 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 3:35 · LAL 30-15 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 9:41 · LAL 83-62 CHA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34
Q4 4:52 · LAL 104-70 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kobe Bryant and Gerald Henderson
Q3 1:16 · LAL 71-56 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 8:37 · LAL 64-46 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
