⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 27, and were outscored 24-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:56 · GS 37-42 LAL
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:45 · GS 37-42 LAL
- Technical
Marquese Chriss technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:40 · GS 62-71 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 8:38 · GS 62-74 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q3 5:03 · GS 67-89 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q2 5:56 · GS 37-42 LAL
- Missed FT
Kyle Kuzma misses technical free throw
Q2 5:45 · GS 37-42 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
