⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luka Doncic bad pass
Q4 0:08 · DAL 112-107 BKN
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · DAL 112-109 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:39 · DAL 37-35 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 0:26 · DAL 82-86 BKN
- Steal
Kyrie Irving stole it from Luka Doncic
Q4 0:08 · DAL 112-107 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
