⏱️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
+6Q123-18
0Q227-27
+1Q326-24
-1Q424-25
▼ SA 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 Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fourteen- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
25Free throws made12
4Blocks1
13Offensive rebounds8
34Points in the paint50
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:08 · DAL 11-8 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
