⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their nine- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their five
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 5:50 · LAL 19-15 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 2:08 · LAL 94-74 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:00 · LAL 71-62 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 11:23 · LAL 94-85 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Thompson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:18 · LAL 75-66 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
