⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-14 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 1:31 · DAL 84-83 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Max Christie misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:59 · DAL 93-99 LAL
- Missed FT
Max Christie misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:59 · DAL 93-99 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:23 · DAL 40-42 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 8:39 · DAL 87-94 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 5:42 · DAL 93-105 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
