⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis misses technical free throw
Q2 4:46 · NY 34-40 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 10:52 · NY 45-55 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
