⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their no- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their twelve
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:11 · SAC 10-4 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 5:48 · SAC 36-39 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mikki Moore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:40 · SAC 38-44 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:11 · SAC 12-15 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:49 · SAC 22-37 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 0:55 · SAC 57-80 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 0 | Threes made | 7 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
