⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 30 from three
- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 54
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 cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q2 2:34 · LAL 53-62 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:25 · LAL 93-105 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q1 2:00 · LAL 22-25 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 4:01 · LAL 41-60 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:01 · LAL 53-70 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q3 0:27 · LAL 74-99 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 18 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
