⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
- Made three threes to their thirteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 11:25 · DAL 60-50 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 4:48 · DAL 76-66 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:26 · DAL 91-97 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 7:28 · DAL 66-64 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 2:57 · DAL 78-78 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:00 · DAL 95-103 CHA
- Turnover
Cody Zeller offensive foul (Wesley Matthews draws the foul)
Q4 1:34 · DAL 97-104 CHA
- Turnover
Cody Zeller turnover
Q4 1:34 · DAL 97-104 CHA
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
