⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 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.

Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Williams technical foul
Q4 8:31 · CHA 91-104 DAL

Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q1 6:09 · CHA 13-29 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 10:04 · CHA 53-80 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q4 6:53 · CHA 97-121 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 35 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |







