⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-13 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
- Made five threes to their eleven
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
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 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:33 · DAL 51-45 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 8:03 · DAL 99-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q1 8:30 · DAL 8-9 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 21 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
