⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-17 off them
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 52
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:01 · LAL 10-2 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q1 3:44 · LAL 34-14 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 6:11 · LAL 83-62 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Monk technical foul
Q2 7:20 · LAL 48-29 SAC
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul
Q2 3:59 · LAL 54-36 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
