⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, twelve of nineteen from three
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:21 · WSH 18-14 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 10:56 · WSH 65-70 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 4:54 · WSH 77-86 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 3:19 · WSH 104-118 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:55 · WSH 101-107 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
