⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 7:04 · DAL 10-9 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 11:31 · DAL 36-24 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 2:43 · DAL 78-55 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 7:46 · DAL 85-68 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerami Grant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:12 · DAL 36-24 OKC
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 17 | Steals | 17 |
| 18 | Blocks | 15 |
