⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the third quarter- Went cold from three, five of 30
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 3:15 · WSH 44-38 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:56 · WSH 25-24 DAL
- Turnover
Caron Butler lost ball
Q4 4:22 · WSH 79-87 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 0:45 · WSH 44-46 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 0:32 · WSH 68-76 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
