⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 13
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Powell misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 6:21 · DAL 88-71 UTAH
- Flagrant
Naji Marshall flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:02 · DAL 96-73 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Keyonte George flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:21 · DAL 83-69 UTAH
- Missed FT
Walter Clayton Jr. misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 4:02 · DAL 96-73 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DAL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 36 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
