⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 40- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Went cold from three, eight of 34
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 66
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Vassell out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:48 · SA 96-101 DAL
- Missed FT
Dejounte Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · SA 104-107 DAL
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson bad pass
Q4 0:00 · SA 108-109 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 10:41 · SA 30-41 DAL
- Steal
Dorian Finney-Smith stole it from Keldon Johnson
Q4 0:00 · SA 108-109 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Powell out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:30 · SA 96-101 DAL
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:02 · SA 108-109 DAL
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · SA 108-109 DAL
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
