⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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 5 down to 4 up
Q1 10:18 · LAL 11-7 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 7:16 · LAL 54-41 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 2:00 · LAL 138-111 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
