⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 46- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 29-17 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:30 · DAL 9-0 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 4:33 · DAL 75-53 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Finley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 1:39 · DAL 77-55 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 11:22 · DAL 33-33 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 7:50 · DAL 93-72 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
