⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q1 5:33 · DAL 23-24 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andrew Bogut flagrant foul type 1 (James Harden draws the foul)
Q2 5:31 · DAL 37-48 HOU
- Technical
Double technical foul - Justin Anderson and Nene
Q2 4:41 · DAL 37-53 HOU
- Technical
Salah Mejri technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:56 · DAL 49-66 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 8:45 · DAL 4-18 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 0:31 · DAL 31-35 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 9:15 · DAL 37-53 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Ariza technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:41 · DAL 54-72 HOU
- Technical
James Harden technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:50 · DAL 70-93 HOU
- Technical
Trevor Ariza technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · DAL 75-98 HOU
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
