⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 30 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 21
- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 48
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 8
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 19-10 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:46 · LAL 19-13 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:18 · LAL 33-23 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q4 10:26 · LAL 110-82 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:08 · LAL 10-13 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:52 · LAL 56-53 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
