⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 42 from three
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 9:47 · SA 16-4 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Victor Wembanyama misses technical free throw
Q1 9:53 · SA 4-4 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q2 7:42 · SA 51-38 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:41 · SA 88-80 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 35 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
