⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 9:08 · DAL 38-30 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 1:05 · DAL 56-42 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 8:29 · DAL 70-48 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
