⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43
A 16-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 26-17 off them
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 24
Q2 10:29 · DAL 51-27 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 34 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |







