⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ WSH 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 Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 9:19 · DAL 54-27 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q2 5:28 · DAL 68-37 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q3 9:37 · DAL 79-51 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 4:58 · DAL 123-112 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
