⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 32 from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q1 3:54 · DAL 24-21 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:05 · DAL 50-51 HOU
- Technical
Andrew Bogut technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:39 · DAL 59-64 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 6:20 · DAL 12-21 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q2 0:05 · DAL 50-51 HOU
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
