⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-6Q121-25
+5Q220-13
-9Q320-30
-7Q422-28
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-10 off them
Key battles
10Points off turnovers21
7Steals14
32%Three-point accuracy47%
19Turnovers12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells double technical foul
Q4 2:32 · HOU 74-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 4:50 · HOU 53-59 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
