⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 37
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 5:13 · DAL 24-14 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 3:46 · DAL 124-104 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Brendan Haywood and Amare Stoudemire
Q2 9:37 · DAL 38-26 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q3 4:30 · DAL 94-81 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
