⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 46
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 6 down to 5 up
Q2 7:24 · LAL 40-35 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · LAL 90-86 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:22 · LAL 12-14 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:41 · LAL 59-61 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
