⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 8:03 · ORL 13-11 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 9:07 · ORL 36-31 DAL
📊The numbers
| ORL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
