⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 44
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:33 · DAL 18-9 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Bradley Technical Foul
Q3 9:32 · DAL 52-43 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 12 |
