⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-13 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:11 · BKN 15-7 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning Technical Foul
Q3 2:23 · BKN 60-68 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:45 · BKN 25-32 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 5:52 · BKN 55-66 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
