⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+5Q132-28
+4Q229-26
+6Q334-29
+5Q429-29
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 26 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
65%Three-point accuracy22%
17Threes made8
17Points off turnovers8
11Free throws made22
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 2:59 · SAC 122-104 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
