⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks bad pass
Q4 1:44 · HOU 92-97 DAL
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:21 · HOU 92-100 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:26 · HOU 32-39 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 0:44 · HOU 49-72 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 8:38 · HOU 49-69 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:26 · HOU 53-72 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Terry bad pass
Q4 3:06 · HOU 88-95 DAL
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · HOU 92-99 DAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
