⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 43
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
- Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 25
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 11:11 · DAL 31-30 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 4:01 · DAL 73-60 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:56 · DAL 86-66 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
