⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 11:37 · DAL 63-46 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jose Juan Barea misses technical free throw
Q2 8:03 · DAL 34-23 SA
- Flagrant
Eduardo Najera flagrant foul type 1 (Tony Parker draws the foul)
Q2 1:08 · DAL 53-41 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 1:08 · DAL 53-41 SA
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 11 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |