⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44
Could not get to the line, 32 free throws to their 54
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:56 · DAL 12-12 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Monta Ellis misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · DAL 48-59 GS

Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · DAL 48-59 GS
- Technical
Festus Ezeli technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:19 · DAL 71-82 GS
- Flagrant
Shaun Livingston flagrant foul type 1 (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)
Q3 1:28 · DAL 72-86 GS
📊The numbers
| DAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 39 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 14 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |








