⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 38 from three
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 8:12 · DAL 72-54 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 7:00 · DAL 99-72 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 5:09 · DAL 107-75 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 19 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 2 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 12 |
| 26 | Blocks | 25 |
