⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
+2Q120-15
+3Q224-19
+8Q326-19
-2Q419-20
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-13 off them- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to five
Key battles
12Offensive rebounds5
25Points off turnovers13
32Points in the paint18
10Turnovers17
🏀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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 6:48 · DAL 35-21 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
