⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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 2 down to 6 up
Q2 0:45 · DAL 52-46 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 6:52 · DAL 73-62 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Bradley Technical Foul
Q1 9:10 · DAL 6-6 HOU
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul
Q2 3:36 · DAL 39-39 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 6:47 · DAL 37-29 HOU
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
