⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 22-3 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15 in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 8:55 · DAL 19-6 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 3:42 · DAL 89-64 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Bradley Technical Foul
Q3 4:15 · DAL 81-63 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15
Q2 2:25 · DAL 62-47 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jarron Collins Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 4:11 · DAL 21-14 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
