⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the third 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q3 5:16 · LAL 79-76 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 6:17 · LAL 49-50 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 9:26 · LAL 61-74 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 5 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 10 |
| 16 | Blocks | 22 |
