⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 3:04 · DAL 104-88 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker Double Technical Foul. Othella Harrington gains possession.
Q3 7:31 · DAL 64-55 NY
- Missed FT
Michael Finley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:04 · DAL 94-88 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas Technical Foul
Q2 6:07 · DAL 33-33 NY
- Missed FT
Shandon Anderson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:42 · DAL 94-86 NY
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 3:20 · DAL 94-88 NY
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
