⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:33 · DAL 10-4 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 5:30 · DAL 28-9 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 4:18 · DAL 56-31 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul
Q2 7:50 · DAL 39-25 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
