⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their no- Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three
- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 7:22 · DAL 44-28 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:59 · DAL 22-22 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 0 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
