⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 34-point deficit to 26
Q4 9:17 · LAL 103-129 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q1 5:58 · LAL 13-32 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q3 8:53 · LAL 65-91 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 32 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
