⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 7:30 · BKN 43-42 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Spencer Dinwiddie misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:42 · BKN 93-96 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 4:35 · BKN 78-80 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q4 10:47 · BKN 87-95 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jordan Clarkson traveling
Q4 4:14 · BKN 93-96 LAL
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:34 · BKN 97-99 LAL
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · BKN 99-101 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 8 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 15 |
| 18 | Blocks | 18 |
