⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 6:26 · SAC 14-19 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Domantas Sabonis technical foul
Q4 4:40 · SAC 92-97 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 4:00 · SAC 19-33 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 4:21 · SAC 54-58 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 4:40 · SAC 92-105 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
