⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- Ties it
Brook Lopez hit a 12-foot jumper
Q4 2:32 · BKN 82-82 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:08 · BKN 80-80 LAL
- Goaltend
Brook Lopez defensive goaltending violation
Q4 1:42 · BKN 83-86 LAL
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace bad pass
Q4 0:44 · BKN 83-88 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 3:10 · BKN 64-69 LAL
- Lead
Kobe Bryant hit a two point shot
Q4 2:45 · BKN 80-82 LAL
- Winner
Antawn Jamison hit a two point shot, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:21 · BKN 83-84 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
