⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 28
- Gave up second chances, seventeen 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 1:28 · LAL 33-13 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q3 7:58 · LAL 83-49 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 7:07 · LAL 44-23 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
