⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:54 · LAL 70-65 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 11:20 · LAL 86-73 SAC
- Lead
Anthony Davis hit a layup, Russell Westbrook with the assist
OT 0:09 · LAL 112-110 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
2OT 0:40 · LAL 121-122 SAC
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
3OT 3:39 · LAL 126-127 SAC
- Turnover
Malik Monk bad pass
3OT 0:34 · LAL 133-137 SAC

Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 8:32 · LAL 88-84 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q4 5:12 · LAL 93-98 SAC
- Go-ahead
Buddy Hield hit a 27-foot three jumper, De'Aaron Fox with the assist
2OT 2:06 · LAL 119-120 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox lost ball turnover
OT 3:46 · LAL 104-100 SAC
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
2OT 3:36 · LAL 114-114 SAC
- Turnover
Marvin Bagley III bad pass
3OT 0:23 · LAL 133-137 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 32 | Assists | 32 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |









