⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 4
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 8:23 · TOR 75-54 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 10:26 · TOR 99-72 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 1:57 · TOR 122-90 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cooper Flagg technical foul
Q4 9:28 · TOR 98-72 DAL
📊The numbers
| TOR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 39 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
