⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 3:12 · SA 68-56 DAL
- Lead
Tre Jones hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:34 · SA 116-115 DAL
- Lead
Devin Vassell hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:09 · SA 119-118 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Victor Wembanyama bad pass
Q4 3:25 · SA 115-115 DAL
- Turnover
Jeremy Sochan lost ball turnover
Q4 1:26 · SA 119-121 DAL
- Turnover
Keldon Johnson lost ball turnover
Q4 1:03 · SA 119-123 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 1:35 · SA 91-96 DAL
- Winner
Kyrie Irving hit a three jumper, Luka Doncic with the assist
Q4 1:51 · SA 119-121 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 1:51 · SA 119-126 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
