⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 15-4 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 3:45 · LAL 78-62 BKN
- Winner
Kobe Bryant hit a 22-foot two point shot
Q4 1:10 · LAL 88-86 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 2:45 · LAL 84-81 BKN
- Turnover
Ramon Sessions bad pass
Q4 2:16 · LAL 84-81 BKN
- Turnover
Matt Barnes bad pass
Q4 0:01 · LAL 91-87 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 6:26 · LAL 70-62 BKN
- Steal
Gerald Wallace stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 2:45 · LAL 84-81 BKN
- Ties it
Deron Williams hit a 28-foot three jumper, Gerald Wallace with the assist
Q4 1:29 · LAL 86-86 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses technical free throw
Q3 10:12 · LAL 63-47 BKN
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:58 · LAL 88-86 BKN
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
