⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made 26 threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, 26 of 41 from three
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:43 · LAL 98-106 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaxson Hayes technical foul
Q3 8:59 · LAL 68-74 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 7:37 · LAL 41-58 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 1:23 · LAL 89-106 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 12 | Threes made | 26 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 37 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 12 |
