⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of fourteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:57 · DAL 10-6 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 5:28 · DAL 75-62 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q1 4:31 · DAL 19-19 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:56 · DAL 36-42 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 10:29 · DAL 96-80 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:33 · DAL 106-94 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
