⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter- Made eight threes to their fifteen
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 8 down to 4 up
Q2 3:11 · LAL 52-48 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:37 · LAL 69-60 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul
Q2 6:07 · LAL 33-40 DAL
- Turnover
Raef LaFrentz Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 3:40 · LAL 96-88 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash Lost Ball. Stolen by Robert Horry.
Q4 2:04 · LAL 102-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
