⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 23
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:12 · DAL 40-27 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q1 8:11 · DAL 3-6 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Speedy Claxton flagrant foul type 1 (Josh Howard draws the foul)
Q1 8:11 · DAL 3-6 ATL
📊The numbers
| DAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
