⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 21-5 off them
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:50 · DAL 17-10 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 6:09 · DAL 66-60 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Terry bad pass
Q4 3:13 · DAL 95-89 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 2:51 · DAL 21-25 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 11:12 · DAL 23-35 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 8:22 · DAL 58-60 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andray Blatche bad pass
Q4 2:28 · DAL 95-91 WSH
- Missed FT
John Wall misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · DAL 97-92 WSH
- Missed FT
John Wall misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:32 · DAL 97-92 WSH
📊The numbers
| DAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
