⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 19- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 8:31 · LAL 76-73 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 7:40 · LAL 117-110 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q1 2:49 · LAL 17-16 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
