⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 5
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 37
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:43 · DAL 89-69 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
