⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of twenty from three
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 38
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:01 · LAL 14-12 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:35 · LAL 26-29 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q3 1:30 · LAL 88-110 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:14 · LAL 55-72 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 9:46 · LAL 60-85 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 7:12 · LAL 64-95 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 41 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
