⏱️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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 35 from three- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 20-10 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 2:53 · ATL 33-27 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:45 · ATL 117-124 DAL
- Missed FT
Dejounte Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:39 · ATL 133-137 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:44 · ATL 122-130 DAL
- Turnover
Josh Green turnover
Q4 4:19 · ATL 125-131 DAL
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:15 · ATL 140-146 DAL
📊The numbers
| ATL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 15 | Threes made | 19 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
