⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 42- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:29 · DAL 49-45 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 10:21 · DAL 80-77 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 8:18 · DAL 92-78 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:26 · DAL 8-14 OKC
- Technical
Jerome James Technical Foul
Q1 6:26 · DAL 8-14 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
