⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 27 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 17
- A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 25-16 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:33 · LAL 71-75 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:04 · LAL 87-94 SAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up
Q4 10:33 · LAL 111-107 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol possession lost ball turnoverBen McLemore
Q4 1:01 · LAL 124-118 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 1:12 · LAL 27-35 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 2:44 · LAL 52-63 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 6:54 · LAL 74-87 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 5:00 · LAL 115-113 SAC
- Missed FT
Jason Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · LAL 115-113 SAC
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas bad pass
Q4 2:10 · LAL 124-118 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 19 | Threes made | 5 |
| 70% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 35 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
