⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 29- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Made thirteen threes to their nineteen
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q1 8:20 · LAL 23-5 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 5:22 · LAL 50-32 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 9:10 · LAL 109-89 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Thomas Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:08 · LAL 123-101 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 10:55 · LAL 34-26 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 6 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 11 |
| 17 | Blocks | 19 |
