⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their twelve- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:11 · LAL 90-102 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 8:53 · LAL 74-80 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 9:47 · LAL 95-113 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 31 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
