⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter- Made eleven threes to their eighteen
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 10:14 · LAL 17-7 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 5:14 · LAL 32-12 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 9:55 · LAL 67-57 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q1 2:34 · LAL 33-23 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Lamb bad pass
Q4 2:48 · LAL 103-95 GS
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
