⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 20-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 4
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 6:45 · DAL 32-34 POR
- Winner
Josh Howard made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jason Terry.
Q4 1:59 · DAL 93-90 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Finley Turnover
Q4 2:40 · DAL 90-87 POR
- Missed FT
Josh Howard missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:19 · DAL 93-92 POR
- Missed FT
Josh Howard missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:19 · DAL 93-92 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 4:30 · DAL 11-22 POR
- Ties it
Damon Stoudamire made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
Q4 2:16 · DAL 90-90 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 0:50 · DAL 40-45 POR
📊The numbers
| DAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
