⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 24- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
- 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 0:21 · DAL 41-25 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 6:15 · DAL 75-53 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 22 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
