⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 35 from three
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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 4 down to 6 up
Q1 3:25 · LAL 27-21 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:39 · LAL 59-49 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 9:08 · LAL 114-91 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 33 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
