⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 28 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 5
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 13-4 off them
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 8:48 · GS 17-9 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 9:33 · GS 97-77 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 3:50 · GS 116-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:24 · GS 53-25 DAL
- Missed FT
Seth Curry misses technical free throw
Q2 0:21 · GS 67-34 DAL
📊The numbers
| GS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
