⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 23-9 off them
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 stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 2:11 · DAL 94-71 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Danny Fortson Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 2:14 · DAL 122-96 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Raja Bell Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 0:14 · DAL 50-44 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
