⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 5:01 · DAL 66-63 GS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q4 7:55 · DAL 89-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q3 10:21 · DAL 56-63 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:11 · DAL 45-36 GS
📊The numbers
| DAL | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
