⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
-23Q119-43
0Q232-33
+17Q337-23
+5Q437-32
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the first quarter
Key battles
11Free throws made36
15Offensive rebounds9
15Points off turnovers9
22Fast break points16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q1 6:50 · TOR 8-30 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 35 | Assists | 29 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
