⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 27 from three
- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-10 off them
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 68
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Phil Handy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:59 · LAL 81-94 SA
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:13 · LAL 97-114 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:27 · LAL 21-29 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 0:13 · LAL 55-71 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 2:33 · LAL 110-138 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lonnie Walker IV misses technical free throw
Q3 2:59 · LAL 81-94 SA
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 18 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
