⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their sixteen- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 4:20 · GS 53-48 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 3:58 · GS 86-74 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 10:44 · GS 99-84 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
| GS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
