⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 7:26 · DAL 89-67 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 0:26 · DAL 106-83 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 65% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
