⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
-1Q120-18
+6Q230-26
+3Q331-27
0Q416-15
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 18-9 off them
- Made two threes to their eight
- Went cold from three, two of nineteen
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy35%
2Threes made8
7Turnovers16
18Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 3:58 · DAL 79-63 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
