⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:10 · DAL 28-25 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 8:51 · DAL 70-52 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 9:40 · DAL 100-78 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Terry misses technical free throw
Q2 10:41 · DAL 30-28 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 16 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
