⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 16
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:24 · DAL 16-8 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jason Terry and Metta World Peace
Q2 10:33 · DAL 32-27 LAL
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q4 6:45 · DAL 78-94 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 4:20 · DAL 38-51 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
