⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their eleven- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the first quarter
- Made four threes to their ten
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q1 5:01 · DAL 21-15 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:38 · DAL 101-96 PHX
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · DAL 102-96 PHX
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · DAL 102-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:37 · DAL 3-10 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 2:24 · DAL 45-50 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q3 2:39 · DAL 70-70 PHX
- Turnover
Shawn Marion traveling
Q4 1:57 · DAL 96-91 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
