⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 32 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, 26 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 seventeen threes to their three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 23-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:45 · DAL 11-4 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 1:25 · DAL 38-22 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 44-point lead to 53
Q4 4:05 · DAL 122-69 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 7:13 · DAL 15-16 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 11 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
