⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:37 · WSH 34-44 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:05 · WSH 91-104 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:09 · WSH 88-90 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 5 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Steals | 11 |
| 19 | Blocks | 23 |
