⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 7- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to five
- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:35 · LAL 83-84 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 7:40 · LAL 97-91 DEN
- Steal
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope stole it from Will Barton
Q4 1:34 · LAL 106-99 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lonzo Ball misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:24 · LAL 106-99 DEN
- Missed FT
Lonzo Ball misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:24 · LAL 106-99 DEN
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas lost ball turnover
Q4 0:38 · LAL 110-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 9:55 · LAL 40-39 DEN
- Steal
Gary Harris stole it from Isaiah Thomas
Q4 0:38 · LAL 110-103 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Will Barton lost ball turnover
Q4 1:34 · LAL 106-99 DEN
- Turnover
Jamal Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 1:11 · LAL 106-99 DEN
- Turnover
Jamal Murray steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:42 · LAL 110-103 DEN
📊The numbers
| LAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 15 | Steals | 19 |
| 23 | Blocks | 26 |
