⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:28 · CHA 51-65 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · CHA 45-55 DAL
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 14 |
