⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 16
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:48 · DAL 10-0 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q2 0:21 · DAL 54-37 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 32 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
