⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 44 from three
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:02 · DAL 16-8 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 6:48 · DAL 97-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:30 · DAL 5-7 PHX
- Technical
Dwight Powell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:29 · DAL 51-42 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:39 · DAL 15-8 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
