⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trey Lyles and Dwight Howard
Q2 1:14 · SA 52-51 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:46 · SA 13-18 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 2:25 · SA 78-84 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 8:54 · SA 85-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
