⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 3:36 · CHA 53-41 DAL
- Steal
Tyrus Thomas stole it from Dirk Nowitzki
Q4 0:40 · CHA 83-87 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CHA 83-87 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 6:48 · CHA 75-83 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki lost ball
Q4 0:40 · CHA 83-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:25 · CHA 83-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · CHA 83-87 DAL
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 20 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
