⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44- 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 5:31 · DAL 51-50 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 0:45 · DAL 63-51 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 11:24 · DAL 98-68 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q1 6:01 · DAL 10-20 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
