⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 23-13 off them
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Troy Murphy Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 10:51 · GS 12-14 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Richardson Offensive Foul
Q4 4:54 · GS 45-52 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Richardson Foul
Q4 4:54 · GS 45-52 DAL

Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 0:01 · GS 12-18 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 7:33 · GS 18-30 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |








