⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-14 off them
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 36
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:49 · DAL 8-4 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 3:51 · DAL 30-25 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 10:52 · DAL 105-79 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 9:18 · DAL 107-88 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
