⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 13 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, twelve of 45 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:24 · DAL 8-3 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 9:04 · DAL 61-65 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 3:20 · DAL 105-91 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:45 · DAL 32-36 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben McLemore misses technical free throw
Q2 5:45 · DAL 32-36 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Andre Drummond and Dorian Finney-Smith
Q3 6:24 · DAL 63-68 LAL
- Turnover
Anthony Davis bad pass
Q4 4:22 · DAL 91-89 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
