⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33
- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 19
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q2 2:43 · DAL 57-50 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 3:26 · DAL 118-97 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
