⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven
They went cold, seven of 32 from three
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 took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 0:06 · LAL 32-30 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 0:02 · LAL 60-54 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 7:52 · LAL 103-85 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q1 7:17 · LAL 6-13 TOR
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses technical free throw
Q3 4:48 · LAL 73-72 TOR
- Missed FT
Jaxson Hayes misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 4:25 · LAL 73-75 TOR

Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:52 · LAL 6-14 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:39 · LAL 45-45 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Darko Rajakovic technical foul
Q2 8:30 · LAL 36-33 TOR
- Technical
Scottie Barnes technical foul
Q3 4:48 · LAL 73-72 TOR
- Flagrant
Jamal Shead flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:25 · LAL 73-75 TOR
📊The numbers
| LAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |








