⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
0Q126-23
-5Q229-32
+2Q334-27
+2Q428-24
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35- Made six threes to their twelve
Key battles
29Points off turnovers15
6Threes made12
21Steals14
11Offensive rebounds7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 10:24 · GS 70-59 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:27 · GS 81-74 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle traveling
Q4 4:14 · GS 105-97 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 21 | Steals | 14 |
| 24 | Blocks | 19 |
