⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+5Q131-26
0Q228-26
0Q317-16
+3Q422-21
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of eleven from three- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-10 off them
Key battles
3Steals10
14Offensive rebounds5
64%Three-point accuracy31%
10Points off turnovers19
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
