⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 2:41 · POR 65-80 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 4:45 · POR 62-80 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
