⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 0:00 · WSH 47-30 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 8:43 · WSH 83-58 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 8:59 · WSH 112-85 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kristaps Porzingis misses technical free throw
Q2 3:47 · WSH 57-45 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q3 4:25 · WSH 91-78 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:59 · WSH 102-85 DAL
- Technical
Jason Kidd technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:47 · WSH 105-85 DAL
- Technical
Jason Kidd technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:47 · WSH 106-85 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 33 | Assists | 14 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
