⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty- Won the second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to four
- A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 10:30 · HOU 76-67 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chandler Parsons misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:30 · HOU 100-103 DAL
- Turnover
James Harden out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:00 · HOU 101-104 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up
Q1 9:11 · HOU 8-24 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
