⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:56 · GS 26-30 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 9:10 · GS 59-51 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Clifford Robinson missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q2 4:22 · GS 37-39 DAL
- Missed FT
Clifford Robinson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 4:22 · GS 37-39 DAL

Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:06 · GS 2-8 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 0:00 · GS 14-28 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Delk Technical Foul
Q1 2:34 · GS 10-17 DAL
- Flagrant
Dirk Nowitzki Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 4:22 · GS 37-39 DAL
- Turnover
Michael Finley Lost Ball. Stolen by Avery Johnson.
Q4 1:09 · GS 84-90 DAL
📊The numbers
| GS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |





