⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-13 off them- A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 up in the second quarter
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 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:31 · LAL 39-37 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:14 · LAL 31-37 SA
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 2 down to 16 up
Q2 5:24 · LAL 41-57 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
