⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10
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 4 down to 4 up
Q2 0:20 · DAL 65-61 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 2:15 · DAL 121-89 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:40 · DAL 24-25 NO
- Technical
Quincy Pondexter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:31 · DAL 97-80 NO
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
