⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:58 · DET 15-20 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:43 · DET 51-63 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 11:21 · DET 74-99 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
