⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their seventeen
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:07 · HOU 9-2 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 7:28 · HOU 19-6 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:10 · HOU 65-55 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trevor Ariza and Chandler Parsons
Q2 7:45 · HOU 35-27 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:28 · HOU 40-42 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 2:36 · HOU 116-108 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Richard Jefferson flagrant foul type 1 (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)
Q2 2:40 · HOU 46-46 DAL
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:35 · HOU 72-62 DAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
