⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 51
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:00 · DAL 35-41 HOU
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses technical free throw
Q3 10:18 · DAL 54-61 HOU
- Turnover
Devin Harris steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 4:33 · DAL 86-89 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 0:53 · DAL 29-35 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 7:17 · DAL 38-49 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
