⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 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, eight turnovers to their seventeen- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 22
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 48
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 9:00 · LAL 16-10 SA
- Go-ahead
Antawn Jamison hit a three jumper, Kobe Bryant with the assist
Q4 2:10 · LAL 78-77 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:50 · LAL 33-33 SA
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball turnover
Q4 3:54 · LAL 73-73 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:21 · LAL 2-10 SA
- Lead
Tony Parker hit a two point shot
Q4 2:29 · LAL 75-77 SA
- Winner
Danny Green hit a 25-foot three jumper, Kawhi Leonard with the assist
Q4 0:09 · LAL 82-84 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
