⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of nine from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 6:01 · DEN 23-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:37 · DEN 70-79 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:44 · DEN 9-16 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
