⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 49
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:13 · DAL 10-3 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:10 · DAL 29-22 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q1 0:01 · DAL 51-30 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Naji Marshall misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · DAL 130-123 LAL
- Missed FT
Naji Marshall misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · DAL 133-126 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q2 6:47 · DAL 60-51 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:40 · DAL 67-63 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:44 · DAL 112-107 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:50 · DAL 124-116 LAL
- Missed FT
Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · DAL 128-120 LAL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · DAL 131-124 LAL
📊The numbers
| DAL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 36 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
