⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 0:30 · LAL 30-38 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 3:06 · LAL 47-60 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:29 · LAL 102-107 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · LAL 107-114 SA
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
