⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 24 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
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 33
- A 19-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 30 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 6:44 · POR 44-51 DAL
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 30
Q3 11:52 · POR 54-84 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 43
Q4 10:01 · POR 76-119 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:34 · POR 25-22 DAL
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
