⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:44 · SA 31-23 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 7:43 · SA 93-76 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 4:20 · SA 93-84 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 11:07 · SA 60-48 LAL
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
