⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 15
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 9:31 · LAL 42-30 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 8:19 · LAL 99-73 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 2:25 · LAL 113-83 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Danny Green misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 8:02 · LAL 39-30 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 5:00 · LAL 105-83 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bobby Portis flagrant foul type 2
Q2 8:02 · LAL 39-30 NY
- Flagrant
Reggie Bullock flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:54 · LAL 71-57 NY
📊The numbers
| LAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
