⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their no- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 26-8 off them
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to four
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 7:56 · TOR 44-33 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 11:27 · TOR 77-55 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 5:58 · TOR 18-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 3:55 · TOR 92-74 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:32 · TOR 48-39 DAL
📊The numbers
| TOR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 0 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
