⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- They went cold, two of twenty from three
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 8:48 · DAL 17-4 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q1 2:24 · DAL 36-15 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Hill technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:16 · DAL 60-36 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
