⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31- A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 27-19 off them
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:30 · DAL 37-38 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:13 · DAL 73-77 OKC
- Lead
P.J. Washington hit a 24-foot three jumper, Luka Doncic with the assist
Q4 2:01 · DAL 113-110 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dereck Lively II offensive foul
Q4 2:27 · DAL 110-110 OKC
- Turnover
Dereck Lively II turnover
Q4 2:27 · DAL 110-110 OKC
- Missed FT
P.J. Washington misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:02 · DAL 117-116 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:14 · DAL 4-13 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 4:43 · DAL 42-48 OKC
- Go-ahead
Chet Holmgren hit a 1-foot alley oop dunk shot, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with the assist
Q4 0:20 · DAL 115-116 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |