⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 30 from three
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:11 · WSH 18-12 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 0:30 · WSH 63-43 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juan Dixon missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:11 · WSH 30-26 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
