⏱️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
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 27-9 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 12 down to 3 up in the second quarter
- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 33 from three
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 56
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:55 · CHI 29-28 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:18 · CHI 42-32 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 3:34 · CHI 85-82 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Billy Donovan technical foul
Q2 2:19 · CHI 52-53 DAL
- Missed FT
Nikola Vucevic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · CHI 115-118 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 12 down to 3 up
Q2 6:26 · CHI 50-53 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 10:50 · CHI 59-68 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 28 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
