⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 47 from three
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their nineteen
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q4 7:54 · HOU 95-111 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q3 12:00 · HOU 45-66 DAL
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul
Q4 10:09 · HOU 76-99 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 8:35 · HOU 10-15 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 4:07 · HOU 17-30 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 11:04 · HOU 76-103 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 24 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
