⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 30 from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:09 · LAL 22-19 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 2:31 · LAL 35-29 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 10:18 · LAL 93-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
