⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 22-8 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 8:15 · TOR 15-4 LAL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q2 3:27 · TOR 69-48 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:21 · TOR 61-45 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Louis Williams misses technical free throw
Q1 0:55 · TOR 26-19 LAL
📊The numbers
| TOR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
