⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 19
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
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki lost ball
Q4 1:54 · DAL 94-87 CLE
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:27 · DAL 94-89 CLE
- Turnover
Erick Dampier bad pass
Q4 0:15 · DAL 95-92 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Steal
Donyell Marshall stole it from Dirk Nowitzki
Q4 1:54 · DAL 94-87 CLE
- Steal
Anderson Varejao stole it from Erick Dampier
Q4 0:15 · DAL 95-92 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 3:25 · DAL 46-32 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · DAL 95-92 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · DAL 95-92 CLE
📊The numbers
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
