⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 27-9 off them
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:37 · HOU 12-0 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 11:04 · HOU 86-61 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:01 · HOU 49-38 DAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
