⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-15 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 68
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 6:18 · DAL 24-11 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 4:26 · DAL 85-69 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 7:50 · DAL 71-65 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
