⏱️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. A much higher 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, 12 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 17-0 run took them from 11 down to 6 up in the third quarter- Made six threes to their thirteen
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 2 down to 10 up
Q1 7:54 · LAL 20-10 DAL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 11 down to 6 up
Q3 3:25 · LAL 84-78 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:33 · LAL 20-19 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Terry misses technical free throw
Q4 11:26 · LAL 82-78 DAL
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki lost ball
Q4 3:50 · LAL 103-95 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
