⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:35 · DET 96-105 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Cade Cunningham technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:32 · DET 100-114 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 4:53 · DET 77-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:48 · DET 77-93 DAL
📊The numbers
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
