⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen
- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 8:02 · DAL 81-105 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q1 2:35 · DAL 18-23 SAC
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul
Q3 3:47 · DAL 56-84 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q3 9:21 · DAL 54-79 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 34 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
