⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:21 · LAL 14-11 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 1:19 · LAL 73-57 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 3:59 · LAL 90-73 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 6:28 · LAL 113-101 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
