⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 47- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 5:56 · LAL 46-36 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 5:43 · LAL 64-50 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:55 · LAL 75-55 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Pau Gasol and Draymond Green
Q4 11:34 · LAL 75-55 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:13 · LAL 47-45 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 12 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
