⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 7:07 · HOU 14-16 DAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 5:46 · HOU 53-44 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 0:46 · HOU 64-52 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alperen Sengun misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 7:51 · HOU 30-40 DAL
- Technical
Alperen Sengun technical foul
Q3 3:32 · HOU 81-67 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaden Hardy misses technical free throw
Q2 10:03 · HOU 28-32 DAL
- Flagrant
Maxi Kleber flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:51 · HOU 30-40 DAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 12 |
