⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 25 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their twelve
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:39 · DAL 16-7 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 1:45 · DAL 64-53 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 1:38 · DAL 101-82 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 11:45 · DAL 31-28 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 3 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
