⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 29- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 30
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 4:39 · SA 52-44 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:28 · SA 84-65 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 4:07 · SA 116-90 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:00 · SA 32-32 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
