⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:16 · DAL 20-8 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 2:30 · DAL 31-20 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 0:00 · DAL 61-42 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:30 · DAL 22-20 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 11:10 · DAL 31-28 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Charlie Ward Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 0:49 · DAL 82-57 NY
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
