⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 27 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q3 8:18 · SAC 64-80 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 1:36 · SAC 106-120 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:17 · SAC 7-15 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:32 · SAC 29-35 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 2:29 · SAC 48-71 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
