⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
- Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 18
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 3:35 · BKN 104-121 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordi Fernandez technical foul
Q2 3:27 · BKN 33-68 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 3:12 · BKN 19-38 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q2 8:33 · BKN 29-61 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 39
Q3 8:58 · BKN 44-83 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
