⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:05 · DAL 27-17 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 3:13 · DAL 22-17 OKC
- Missed FT
Michael Finley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:33 · DAL 40-28 OKC
- Missed FT
Greg Buckner missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q2 1:54 · DAL 57-46 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Predrag Drobnjak Technical Foul
Q1 3:13 · DAL 22-17 OKC
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 7:33 · DAL 40-28 OKC
- Flagrant
Desmond Mason Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 1:54 · DAL 56-46 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
