⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen
A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:41 · DET 18-11 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:22 · DET 38-32 DAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 6
Q4 5:52 · DET 97-103 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Singler lost ball turnover
Q4 1:49 · DET 100-108 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 2:42 · DET 30-32 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 10:57 · DET 75-92 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:50 · DET 92-100 DAL
📊The numbers
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
