⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of 23 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:06 · DAL 91-82 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
