⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 4- A 26-0 run took them from 12 down to 14 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 10:44 · HOU 15-2 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza misses technical free throw
Q3 0:02 · HOU 77-91 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 26-0 run
A 26-0 run took them from 12 down to 14 up
Q1 5:03 · HOU 25-39 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 2:41 · HOU 93-126 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 65% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
