⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
-4Q120-22
-2Q227-27
+7Q340-31
+2Q433-29
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 44 from three
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 17-9 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
10Turnovers19
9Points off turnovers17
23Fast break points13
19Threes made12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q4 10:51 · DAL 103-83 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jeremy Sochan flagrant foul type 1
Q4 11:35 · DAL 87-80 SA
📊The numbers
| DAL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 19 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
