⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 21-10 off them
A 17-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 8 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 8
Q3 7:36 · POR 85-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:37 · POR 63-73 DAL
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:13 · POR 122-132 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 6:41 · POR 13-27 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 8:18 · POR 45-61 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 9:26 · POR 68-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kristaps Porzingis misses technical free throw
Q2 0:37 · POR 63-73 DAL
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 21 | Threes made | 22 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
