⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q3 10:47 · CHA 56-66 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Caleb Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · CHA 72-87 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 2:23 · CHA 16-32 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 12 |
