⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 1:05 · LAL 73-53 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 11:07 · LAL 107-82 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 5:56 · LAL 120-90 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
