⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 24-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 8
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 3:28 · DAL 50-48 SAC
- Steal
Caron Butler stole it from Tyreke Evans
Q4 0:55 · DAL 102-100 SAC
- Steal
Caron Butler stole it from Carl Landry
Q4 0:39 · DAL 104-100 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 3:00 · DAL 100-94 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 7:16 · DAL 95-91 SAC
- Steal
Beno Udrih stole it from Jason Kidd
Q4 3:00 · DAL 100-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andres Nocioni misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:15 · DAL 102-98 SAC
- Turnover
Tyreke Evans lost ball
Q4 0:55 · DAL 102-100 SAC
- Turnover
Carl Landry lost ball
Q4 0:39 · DAL 104-100 SAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
