⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:18 · SAC 72-75 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 3:08 · SAC 91-98 DAL
- Steal
JaKarr Sampson stole it from Aaron Harrison
Q4 0:33 · SAC 95-100 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:28 · SAC 4-11 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 6:52 · SAC 57-72 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 6:00 · SAC 80-98 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Collinsworth lost ball turnover
Q4 0:42 · SAC 93-100 DAL
- Turnover
Aaron Harrison bad pass
Q4 0:33 · SAC 95-100 DAL
- Missed FT
Kyle Collinsworth misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · SAC 97-103 DAL
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 6 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 22 | Blocks | 17 |
