⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:49 · BKN 21-20 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 3:05 · BKN 61-71 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 1:01 · BKN 63-83 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:48 · BKN 88-94 DAL
- Missed FT
O.J. Mayo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · BKN 90-95 DAL
- Missed FT
Mike James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · BKN 90-95 DAL
📊The numbers
| BKN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
