⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 9
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nazr Mohammed Technical Foul. Mohammed's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 6:56 · NY 47-83 DAL
- Technical
Jamal Crawford Technical Foul. Crawford's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 5:13 · NY 47-86 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 6:41 · NY 29-54 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 41
Q2 0:32 · NY 36-77 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 42
Q3 7:09 · NY 47-89 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
