⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 60
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 8:31 · GS 78-62 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 27
Q3 5:46 · GS 91-64 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:29 · GS 22-22 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
