⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:40 · DAL 11-5 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 2:23 · DAL 84-74 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 1:14 · DAL 54-59 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
