⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:48 · GS 14-7 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 0:01 · GS 41-26 LAL
- Winner
Klay Thompson hit a 27-foot three jumper, Otto Porter Jr. with the assist
Q4 1:35 · GS 115-113 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 3:18 · GS 87-88 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 0:02 · GS 95-101 LAL
- Lead
Anthony Davis hit a 4-foot alley oop dunk shot, Russell Westbrook with the assist
Q4 2:41 · GS 109-111 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:12 · GS 115-114 LAL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:02 · GS 117-114 LAL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:02 · GS 117-115 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
