⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 34
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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 27
Q2 6:50 · DAL 74-47 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Eduardo Najera Double Technical Foul. Doug Christie gains possession.
Q3 9:23 · DAL 90-70 SAC
- Technical
Walt Williams Double Technical Foul. Hedo Turkoglu gains possession.
Q4 0:40 · DAL 131-105 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 27
Q4 7:33 · DAL 126-99 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
