⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
A 16-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 21 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 21
Q4 9:26 · DAL 90-111 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 5:18 · DAL 100-114 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Samuel Dalembert technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:14 · DAL 50-68 POR
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:09 · DAL 62-90 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 3:21 · DAL 16-30 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:39 · DAL 40-52 POR
📊The numbers
| DAL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
