⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 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 thirteen- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 41 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first 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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:16 · DAL 19-11 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 4:09 · DAL 31-13 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Reggie Bullock misses technical free throw
Q2 8:13 · DAL 41-23 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Damion Lee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:13 · DAL 41-23 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
