⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHA 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 21-13 off them- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 8:46 · LAL 82-68 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26
Q3 1:46 · LAL 106-80 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:05 · LAL 50-50 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:22 · LAL 13-22 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 6:37 · LAL 42-48 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 41 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
