⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:07 · BKN 50-57 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · BKN 0-8 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 1:35 · BKN 29-41 DAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
