⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 33 from three- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:57 · SA 75-79 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 3:49 · SA 37-55 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 9:35 · SA 78-92 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
