⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of twenty from three
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 7 down to 3 up
Q2 6:58 · LAL 40-37 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q1 0:53 · LAL 20-23 DAL
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 3:31 · LAL 42-39 DAL
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 0:24 · LAL 79-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 6:47 · LAL 69-84 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
