⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 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.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:07 · BKN 21-15 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 3:17 · BKN 62-48 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 10:59 · BKN 98-80 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
