⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-12 off them
- Gave up second chances, 22 offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 6:07 · NY 36-50 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 43
Q3 3:33 · NY 54-97 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 45-point lead to 53
Q4 8:37 · NY 60-113 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
