⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 27-13 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 50
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 68
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q1 3:16 · DAL 35-14 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q2 7:27 · DAL 62-31 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Reggie Bullock misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · DAL 109-104 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q2 4:46 · DAL 62-39 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
