⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 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
Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 30
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 18
Q4 5:41 · POR 107-125 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 7:55 · POR 41-50 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:15 · POR 42-58 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:49 · POR 89-112 DAL
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 38 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |







