⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first 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
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-8 off them- Gave up second chances, sixteen 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 1:13 · LAL 37-28 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:53 · LAL 69-64 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:21 · LAL 106-114 TOR
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · LAL 114-121 TOR
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:28 · LAL 114-121 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:49 · LAL 12-17 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:15 · LAL 46-44 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
