⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 21 threes to their ten- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 11:13 · GS 38-35 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 3:17 · GS 63-50 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Phil Handy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:50 · GS 57-50 LAL
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:42 · GS 105-78 LAL
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 38 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
