⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 0:26 · DAL 31-21 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 6:31 · DAL 91-71 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:24 · DAL 56-53 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q3 6:24 · DAL 56-53 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
