⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 26-11 off them
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 9
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Warriors
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 6:56 · GS 23-12 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Baron Davis misses technical free throw
Q1 7:47 · GS 7-8 DAL

Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Greg Buckner double technical foul
Q3 4:22 · GS 71-49 DAL
📊The numbers
| GS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |








