⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 51
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:00 · DAL 31-25 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 7:48 · DAL 69-42 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:28 · DAL 62-42 LAL
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q3 0:56 · DAL 75-54 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
