⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second 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 Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 24
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q3 8:24 · DAL 78-61 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:56 · DAL 65-57 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 7 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 17 | Blocks | 19 |
