⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 31 from three
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 21-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:44 · WSH 40-36 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:48 · WSH 48-41 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:07 · WSH 63-69 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 4:41 · WSH 96-102 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
