⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:43 · LAL 59-76 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 1:49 · LAL 18-32 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 5:50 · LAL 30-48 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
