⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower 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
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34
- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
- Went cold from three, eleven of 40
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 5:11 · LAL 55-39 DAL
- Steal
Dorian Finney-Smith stole it from Dwight Powell
Q4 2:59 · LAL 98-94 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q1 9:25 · LAL 9-2 DAL
- Missed FT
Rui Hachimura misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:30 · LAL 102-96 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Powell bad pass
Q4 2:59 · LAL 98-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 11 |
