After shooting 26 more free throws than the Golden State Warriors in Game 1, the Los Angeles Lakers saw that disparity even out in Game 2, shooting just 17 free throws on the night to the Warriors’ 16 after a first half that saw them take just four trips to the charity stripe.
For a team that has relied on its free-throw-drawing ability to prop up its mostly 3-point-starved offense, that was a recipe for a blowout loss. Part of that defeat was self-inflicted wounds; the Lakers took 34 threes in Game 2 after only taking 25 in Game 1, and only scored 42 points in the paint vs.