⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder 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.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:16 · OKC 10-14 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:24 · OKC 16-24 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:15 · OKC 30-40 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
