⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:09 · BKN 29-20 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · BKN 93-98 LAL
- Missed FT
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:00 · BKN 93-98 LAL
- Turnover
5 sec inbound turnover
Q4 0:24 · BKN 95-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q2 4:58 · BKN 34-32 LAL
- Turnover
Jordan Clarkson turnover
Q4 0:39 · BKN 93-98 LAL
- Turnover
Roy Hibbert turnover
Q4 0:24 · BKN 95-98 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 14 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
