⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 38
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 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:50 · DAL 20-14 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 0:29 · DAL 42-30 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q2 8:23 · DAL 58-35 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:43 · DAL 95-75 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q2 5:14 · DAL 63-46 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 20
Q4 11:21 · DAL 111-91 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
