⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 9
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 22
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 54
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 0:41 · BKN 25-36 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Avery Bradley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:32 · BKN 66-71 LAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
