⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 67 rebounds to 34
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 8
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 from level to 8 points up
Q2 10:42 · HOU 37-29 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 3:28 · HOU 96-65 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 35
Q3 0:00 · HOU 105-70 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q2 4:46 · HOU 53-41 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
