⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q2 3:39 · LAL 50-49 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 9:57 · LAL 65-60 TOR
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 6
Q4 6:39 · LAL 91-97 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Louis Williams misses technical free throw
Q2 9:34 · LAL 29-27 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 5:26 · LAL 17-21 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 3:18 · LAL 68-76 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMar DeRozan lost ball turnover
Q4 1:53 · LAL 89-97 TOR
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
