⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 28-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 11
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 2:31 · GS 49-42 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q3 4:35 · GS 72-50 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marreese Speights flagrant foul type 2 (Nick Young draws the foul)
Q4 9:33 · GS 83-63 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
