⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 22-10 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:17 · DAL 91-104 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:29 · DAL 44-58 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:14 · DAL 66-86 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:32 · DAL 68-88 PHI
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |









