⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 40 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 17-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:05 · OKC 8-2 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:05 · OKC 81-89 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 9:47 · OKC 8-11 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 10:08 · OKC 27-40 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
