⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:24 · LAL 66-78 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:44 · LAL 41-48 DAL
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:52 · LAL 45-54 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 5:05 · LAL 54-73 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
