⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 38
- A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12
Q4 5:22 · NY 107-119 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:11 · NY 6-14 LAL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 8:52 · NY 28-53 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 7:56 · NY 56-83 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
