⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 32 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 52 points in the paint to 72
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 8:34 · POR 78-86 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Anfernee Simons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:32 · POR 68-81 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q1 0:02 · POR 39-46 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
