⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 54
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
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:28 · DAL 99-96 CHI
- Missed FT
Grant Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · DAL 113-105 CHI
- Missed FT
Dereck Lively II misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · DAL 113-105 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:49 · DAL 38-42 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Jevon Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:20 · DAL 42-48 CHI
- Turnover
DeMar DeRozan out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:56 · DAL 99-96 CHI
- Turnover
Alex Caruso bad pass
Q4 3:31 · DAL 99-98 CHI
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 20 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
