⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 10:41 · DAL 38-34 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 11:11 · DAL 65-61 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:58 · DAL 40-36 SA
- Flagrant
Willie Cauley-Stein flagrant foul type 1
Q4 7:56 · DAL 95-93 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
