⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 32- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:24 · LAL 9-2 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 5:58 · LAL 43-31 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:49 · LAL 82-68 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:28 · LAL 40-31 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
