⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 18-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:26 · DAL 96-87 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki turnover
Q4 4:01 · DAL 89-87 BOS
- Missed FT
Devin Harris misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:58 · DAL 93-87 BOS
- Missed FT
Devin Harris misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:58 · DAL 93-87 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 2:44 · DAL 73-67 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 1 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
