⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eight- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 17-3 off them
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:34 · LAL 88-76 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 7:31 · LAL 101-88 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:53 · LAL 43-41 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:34 · LAL 63-68 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:52 · LAL 90-88 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
