⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-13 off them- They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 45
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
- Steal
Rui Hachimura stole it from Keon Johnson
Q4 2:36 · LAL 100-95 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:48 · LAL 51-49 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keon Johnson bad pass
Q4 2:36 · LAL 100-95 BKN
📊The numbers
| LAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
