⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 20 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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 2
- A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Smush Parker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:39 · LAL 11-8 DAL
- Technical
Smush Parker technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 9:27 · LAL 25-38 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 1:28 · LAL 22-28 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q2 4:18 · LAL 35-59 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 37
Q4 4:13 · LAL 68-105 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
