⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their ten- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 7
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 1 down to 8 up
Q3 4:10 · LAL 97-89 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 6:11 · LAL 120-103 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:41 · LAL 9-13 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:04 · LAL 107-99 NY
📊The numbers
| LAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 6 | Steals | 17 |
| 18 | Blocks | 20 |
