⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 1:08 · LAL 72-62 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:45 · LAL 26-26 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Giddey misses technical free throw
Q2 0:40 · LAL 65-62 CHI
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 34 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
