⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22
- A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up in the third 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up
Q3 11:26 · DAL 67-54 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 8:49 · DAL 83-72 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenneth Faried technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:29 · DAL 91-77 DEN
📊The numbers
| DAL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
