⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 12 fast break points to 0
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:21 · WSH 67-68 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
DeShawn Stevenson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:43 · WSH 8-15 DAL
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison turnover
Q4 1:34 · WSH 87-92 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki offensive foul (Brendan Haywood draws the foul)
Q4 0:06 · WSH 93-94 DAL
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki turnover
Q4 0:06 · WSH 93-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
