⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 5
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:05 · DAL 92-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 8:29 · DAL 13-11 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 1:54 · DAL 80-88 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
