⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 15
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up
Q1 9:34 · LAL 15-7 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Louis Williams technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:03 · LAL 70-80 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 7:52 · LAL 65-73 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
