⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 51 free throws to their 25- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fourteen
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Francisco Garcia flagrant foul type 1 (Monta Ellis draws the foul)
Q2 0:00 · HOU 61-48 DAL
- Missed FT
Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · HOU 110-105 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 10:36 · HOU 91-83 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:39 · HOU 110-105 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
