⏱️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
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 23-14 off them- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 53
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q4 4:20 · DAL 91-82 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
P.J. Brown Technical Foul
Q2 10:21 · DAL 23-24 NO
- Technical
Baron Davis Technical Foul
Q4 4:31 · DAL 90-70 NO
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
