⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 32 from three
- Gave up second chances, fifteen 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:18 · DAL 16-11 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 3:06 · DAL 63-38 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Lamar Odom flagrant foul type 2 (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)
Q4 9:06 · DAL 107-75 LAL
- Flagrant
Andrew Bynum flagrant foul type 2 (Jose Juan Barea draws the foul)
Q4 8:21 · DAL 100-68 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 20 | Threes made | 5 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 16 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
