⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of fourteen from three- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the first quarter
- Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 37
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:26 · DAL 15-10 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:52 · DAL 2-8 HOU
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 0:05 · DAL 33-46 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:13 · DAL 93-101 HOU
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 37 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
