⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 23-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 46
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q1 2:35 · DAL 26-23 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:47 · DAL 66-64 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:05 · DAL 76-76 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
