⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower 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, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 21-4 off them- A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
- Went cold from three, five of 25
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 37
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 9:37 · LAL 10-9 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:21 · LAL 30-29 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:41 · LAL 69-71 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 1:31 · LAL 20-29 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 4:54 · LAL 40-50 SAC
- Go-ahead
Darren Collison hit a two point shot
Q4 0:42 · LAL 94-95 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 3:17 · LAL 87-90 SAC
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:59 · LAL 92-93 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
