⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up in the first quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up
Q1 11:30 · DAL 16-0 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 2:01 · DAL 49-44 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler double technical foul
Q4 7:28 · DAL 84-74 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q1 4:31 · DAL 23-16 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 10:07 · DAL 27-31 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
