⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 7:03 · DAL 40-37 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 10:23 · DAL 3-17 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 1:40 · DAL 47-50 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 3:34 · DAL 63-83 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 17 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 18 | Blocks | 22 |
