⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:26 · CHA 66-83 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:31 · CHA 43-63 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:22 · CHA 0-15 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 11:15 · CHA 58-83 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 11 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
