⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 34 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:58 · BKN 47-49 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 4:21 · BKN 56-52 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kyrie Irving and Dennis Schroder
Q3 9:41 · BKN 62-66 LAL
- Technical
Kyrie Irving technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:41 · BKN 62-66 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 2:35 · BKN 56-61 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q4 9:16 · BKN 83-109 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 3:42 · BKN 94-120 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Markieff Morris flagrant foul type 1
Q2 5:14 · BKN 43-49 LAL
- Technical
Dennis Schroder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:41 · BKN 62-66 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 19 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
