⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 48 free throws to their 30- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 5:28 · LAL 80-57 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q3 2:54 · LAL 89-58 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q4 2:51 · LAL 110-88 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:15 · LAL 55-44 DAL
- Flagrant
Josh Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
Q3 7:46 · LAL 66-50 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
