⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:56 · DAL 11-7 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 6:37 · DAL 20-8 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 7:31 · DAL 46-27 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
