⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki bad pass
Q4 1:19 · DAL 85-89 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 4:33 · DAL 37-46 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 1:38 · DAL 63-73 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
Q4 4:22 · DAL 79-85 LAL
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · DAL 89-91 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
