⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:42 · SAC 17-28 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 5:18 · SAC 85-96 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
DeSagana Diop technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:55 · SAC 69-71 DAL
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
