⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, fourteen of 51 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eleven
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:56 · LAL 18-17 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q4 5:47 · LAL 100-88 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul
Q3 12:00 · LAL 41-42 GS
📊The numbers
| LAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
