⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 43 from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 15
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q2 11:27 · SAC 33-48 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:01 · SAC 96-104 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 3:43 · SAC 19-37 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
