⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the third quarter
- Went cold from three, three of twenty
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
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa bad pass
Q4 3:46 · PHX 77-83 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 3:05 · PHX 79-86 DAL
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 2:11 · PHX 81-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q3 3:25 · PHX 66-68 DAL
- Steal
Dirk Nowitzki stole it from Steve Nash
Q4 2:11 · PHX 81-88 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Howard traveling
Q4 2:17 · PHX 81-88 DAL
- Missed FT
Jason Terry misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:54 · PHX 81-88 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
