⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30- A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their twenty
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27
Q3 7:18 · DAL 89-62 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 5:45 · DAL 53-39 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:47 · DAL 58-50 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 40 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
