⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
+4Q124-15
+7Q228-19
+2Q332-29
-4Q427-28
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of thirteen from three- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-8 off them
Key battles
69%Three-point accuracy31%
26Assists12
9Fast break points20
8Points off turnovers18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 1:50 · DAL 108-91 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
