⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up 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.

Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 10:49 · GS 96-89 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q4 5:42 · GS 115-97 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q3 11:33 · GS 63-60 LAL
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:28 · GS 75-81 LAL

Lakers
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up
Q3 9:47 · GS 71-81 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q3 5:28 · GS 75-81 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Josh Hart and Kevin Durant
Q3 3:15 · GS 80-83 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |






