⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 8:33 · LAL 99-89 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Russell Westbrook flagrant foul type 1
Q1 0:48 · LAL 25-26 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:17 · LAL 15-20 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:30 · LAL 32-42 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 6:07 · LAL 70-76 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Zach Collins flagrant foul type 1
Q3 0:00 · LAL 78-82 SA
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
