⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 7:25 · DAL 23-11 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 9:43 · DAL 48-25 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 3:24 · DAL 116-103 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q2 1:04 · DAL 68-44 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:48 · DAL 101-91 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 5:38 · DAL 107-103 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Crawford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:15 · DAL 39-23 PHX
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:54 · DAL 83-53 PHX
- Turnover
Dragan Bender kicked ball turnover
Q4 3:09 · DAL 110-103 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
