⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 28-11 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the first quarter
A 15-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 13 in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 9:01 · LAL 14-9 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 3:30 · LAL 94-66 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 3:27 · LAL 122-102 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaxson Hayes technical foul
Q1 10:11 · LAL 1-5 SA
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jarred Vanderbilt and Jeremy Sochan
Q4 6:27 · LAL 107-93 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 13
Q3 2:21 · LAL 94-81 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 19 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
