⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-15 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 40
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 5:19 · LAL 55-44 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 3:27 · LAL 84-84 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 7:52 · LAL 96-109 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 5:29 · LAL 98-118 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
