⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:54 · HOU 15-8 DAL
- Winner
Alperen Sengun hit a driving layup
Q4 0:28 · HOU 109-107 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:46 · HOU 103-95 DAL
- Turnover
Tari Eason out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:14 · HOU 105-97 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- Ties it
Naji Marshall hit a 12-foot pullup jump shot, Max Christie with the assist
Q4 0:47 · HOU 107-107 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cooper Flagg misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:39 · HOU 103-97 DAL
- Turnover
Cooper Flagg bad pass turnover
Q4 3:18 · HOU 105-97 DAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 19 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
