⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 32
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:04 · LAL 68-72 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 3:47 · LAL 85-93 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 10:23 · LAL 48-59 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 4:33 · LAL 91-101 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
