⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 25-3 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 9:51 · DAL 10-5 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:41 · DAL 20-17 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q2 7:18 · DAL 48-30 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 6:18 · DAL 12-17 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
