⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:08 · DAL 59-61 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Van Exel Technical Foul
Q2 10:37 · DAL 25-38 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Scot Pollard Technical Foul
Q1 1:12 · DAL 20-26 SAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
