⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 16-6 off them- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:03 · HOU 76-77 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 10:48 · HOU 97-89 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q2 10:51 · HOU 38-45 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 8:52 · HOU 59-70 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
