⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 25 from three- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kawhi Leonard bad pass
Q4 3:12 · SA 105-100 LAL
- Turnover
Tony Parker bad pass
Q4 2:41 · SA 105-102 LAL
- Turnover
Tony Parker bad pass
Q4 0:10 · SA 108-105 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:38 · SA 85-77 LAL
- Steal
Metta World Peace stole it from Tony Parker
Q4 2:41 · SA 105-102 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:19 · SA 63-52 LAL
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:26 · SA 65-57 LAL
- Technical
Chris Duhon technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:33 · SA 85-75 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
