⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 17-4 off them- Won the second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Thomas double technical foul
Q2 2:04 · PHX 50-42 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:52 · PHX 79-86 DAL
- Turnover
Tim Thomas bad pass
Q4 2:13 · PHX 84-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:07 · PHX 52-51 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:38 · PHX 54-59 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 9:52 · PHX 72-80 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Josh Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Tim Thomas draws the foul)
Q2 2:04 · PHX 50-42 DAL
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · PHX 86-92 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 13 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 0 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
