⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 50
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
Q1 1:39 · LAL 26-21 GS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q3 4:05 · LAL 78-63 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:10 · LAL 102-95 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
