⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five
They went cold, five of twenty from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 1:38 · DAL 52-43 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:06 · DAL 83-76 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 7:06 · DAL 95-82 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Powell bad pass
Q4 3:03 · DAL 97-90 IND
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dwight Powell and Cory Joseph
Q4 0:45 · DAL 99-96 IND
- Missed FT
Dennis Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · DAL 102-99 IND

Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 10:34 · DAL 52-54 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Victor Oladipo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:45 · DAL 99-97 IND
- Turnover
Lance Stephenson turnover
Q4 0:02 · DAL 109-103 IND
- Turnover
Lance Stephenson bad pass
Q4 0:01 · DAL 109-103 IND
📊The numbers
| DAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 21 | Blocks | 19 |








