⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 39
A 17-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 22 in the third quarter
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 22
Q3 2:58 · DAL 65-87 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 0:33 · DAL 23-43 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q2 5:39 · DAL 34-60 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
