⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 19-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 3:15 · SA 22-25 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Van Exel technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:34 · SA 28-35 DAL
- Technical
Nick Van Exel technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 7:30 · SA 30-38 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:33 · SA 76-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 11 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
