⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 37- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · DAL 8-0 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q2 0:03 · DAL 47-37 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
