⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:03 · NO 12-17 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q3 8:55 · NO 57-73 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 0:00 · NO 69-87 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
