⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 2:06 · LAL 49-42 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 0:00 · LAL 60-44 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Pau Gasol and Tyson Chandler
Q2 1:30 · LAL 44-42 DAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 0:20 · LAL 94-93 DAL
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
Q4 0:03 · LAL 94-95 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:31 · LAL 19-23 DAL
- Winner
Dirk Nowitzki hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · LAL 94-95 DAL
- Ties it
Dirk Nowitzki hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · LAL 94-94 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · LAL 52-44 DAL
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · LAL 94-95 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
