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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 22 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 102 |
 Mavericks | 27 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 98 |
CHATeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 35-9238.0% | 12-2548.0% | 20-2969.0% | 62 | 21 | 13 |
| DAL | 36-9139.6% | 12-4129.3% | 14-1973.7% | 52 | 22 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Charlotte Hornets102| 34 | 24 | 9-17 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 18 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 6-12 | 0 | −6 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-14 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | −3 | −1.8 | |||||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −7.3 | |||||
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| 27 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 0.0 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +10 | −0.7 | ||||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Team | 102 | 35-9238.0% | 12-2548.0% | 62 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 20-2969.0% | 13 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 11 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Julyan Stone and Marcus Paige (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks98| 36 | 18 | 6-20 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 21 | 8-17 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 28 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −5.4 | |||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-9 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.4 | ||||||
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| 27 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +8 | +5.6 | ||||||||
| 25 | 14 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.9 | ||||
| 24 | 16 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.3 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.8 | |||
| Team | 98 | 36-9139.6% | 12-4129.3% | 52 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 14-1973.7% | 5 | 10 | 6 | |||
Bench 50 points on 20 for 38 shooting
Did not play: Kyle Collinsworth, Aaron Harrison and Salah Mejri (coach’s decision).
Hornets102Mavericks98ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Dwight Howard had 18 points (10 in the paint) and 23 rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 102-98.
The Hornets took control with a 23-7 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 15.
The Mavericks got within 91-90 on Nerlens Noel’s dunk with 4:15 to play, but Howard answered with an alley oop dunk, and the Mavericks got no closer than 93-91. They had the ball down 2 with 15 seconds left, but Kemba Walker stole the ball from Dennis Smith Jr., lifting the Hornets’ chance to win from 86% to 92%. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Mavericks 13-7. Walker (No. 10 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 5 of the Hornets’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Walker had 24 points and 3 steals.
For the Mavericks, Smith had 21 points and 6 assists. Noel had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 steals off the bench.
The Mavericks got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
Charlotte HornetsDallas MavericksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 91 shots: 10.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-28 | 39.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-17 | 35.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-22 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-6 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-19 | 42.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 31 | 3 | 1-4 | −7 |
| Harrison Barnes | 10 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Yogi Ferrell | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Nerlens Noel | 7 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nerlens Noel | 32 | 10 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Dwight Powell | 14 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 6 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Harrison Barnes | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 21 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Yogi Ferrell | 10 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 10 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| J.J. Barea | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 5 | 1-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Lamb 13' Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 0:42
22.0%
27→5
Smith Jr. 1' Driving Layup (21 PTS)
Q4 0:36
19.4%
5→24
Howard Alley Oop Dunk (16 PTS) (Lamb 4 AST)
Q4 3:58
17.5%
47→29
Noel 1' Tip Layup Shot (10 PTS)
Q4 1:02
16.8%
10→27
Smith Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Noel 1 AST)
Q4 6:25
16.2%
21→37
