⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-9 off them- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 50
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 5:48 · DAL 43-50 GS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q3 3:15 · DAL 86-79 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:48 · DAL 112-104 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:49 · DAL 19-29 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 2:06 · DAL 21-38 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 3:27 · DAL 43-58 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
