⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU 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 Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 42- Gave up second chances, nineteen 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:03 · DAL 14-24 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 10:08 · DAL 20-39 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
