⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keith Van Horn Traveling
Q4 3:26 · DAL 87-92 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 11:15 · DAL 77-78 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:38 · DAL 89-94 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Bad Pass
Q4 1:39 · DAL 92-94 LAL
- Missed FT
Caron Butler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · DAL 94-100 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
