⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 44 from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 8:27 · HOU 44-55 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q1 1:42 · HOU 29-47 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 4:13 · HOU 113-135 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
