⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second 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 Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-7 off them- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:24 · DAL 36-26 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
