⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 20 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 eighteen threes to their five- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 6:37 · DAL 90-71 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 9:37 · DAL 122-88 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 37
Q4 4:48 · DAL 132-95 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 18 | Threes made | 5 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 37 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
