⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 32-12 off them- A 27-0 run from level to 27 points up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 27-0 run
A 27-0 run from level to 27 points up
Q1 2:01 · DAL 58-31 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - O.J. Mayo and DeMarcus Cousins
Q2 3:25 · DAL 58-33 SAC
- Missed FT
O.J. Mayo misses technical free throw
Q3 9:12 · DAL 67-52 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 5:54 · DAL 21-23 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 0:41 · DAL 65-49 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Thompson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:44 · DAL 60-33 SAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
