⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 20-9 off them- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 9:07 · SA 9-17 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
