⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 27-4 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Bradley Technical Foul
Q2 2:15 · DAL 33-36 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
