⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:25 · NO 90-94 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 2:58 · NO 63-76 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse traveling
Q4 0:57 · NO 86-94 DAL
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · NO 90-95 DAL
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
