⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:56 · DAL 11-4 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 3:29 · DAL 55-51 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 6:45 · DAL 85-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:38 · DAL 97-88 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dejounte Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:09 · DAL 41-45 SA
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 20 | Threes made | 11 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 34 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
