⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 20
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 3:45 · HOU 54-66 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 9:13 · HOU 10-11 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:03 · HOU 18-23 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 11:06 · HOU 34-49 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 27 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
