⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 11:09 · NY 9-3 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 2:28 · NY 30-18 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tom Thibodeau technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:57 · NY 38-25 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:56 · NY 38-34 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 8:45 · NY 65-68 DAL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q3 6:44 · NY 68-85 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 24 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
