⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their twelve- Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:53 · GS 2-10 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 11:44 · GS 20-41 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q2 0:18 · GS 47-73 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 29 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
