⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:38 · TOR 12-4 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 24
Q4 5:07 · TOR 99-123 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 1:23 · TOR 111-128 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 6:35 · TOR 21-26 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 10:10 · TOR 64-78 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 4:04 · TOR 74-95 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 38 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
