⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen- A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
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 1 down to 9 up
Q2 8:26 · DAL 43-34 NO
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19
Q2 3:24 · DAL 60-41 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 6:22 · DAL 89-69 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 3:14 · DAL 26-22 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
