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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 31 | 35 | 27 | 29 | 122 |
 Mavericks | 26 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 125 |
INDTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 43-8252.4% | 15-3542.9% | 21-2875.0% | 27 | 35 | 13 |
| DAL | 43-8351.8% | 14-3441.2% | 25-3473.5% | 43 | 26 | 15 |
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Dallas Mavericks125| 39 | 43 | 16-25 | 3-6 | 8-8 | −8 | +15.7 | ||||||||
| 38 | 35 | 11-18 | 7-10 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +29 | +8.8 | ||||
| 35 | 13 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 | −2 | −3.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.4 | |||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | −7 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 19 | 10 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.9 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 125 | 43-8351.8% | 14-3441.2% | 43 | 26 | 15 | 23 | 25-3473.5% | 10 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 26 points on 10 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Marcus Sasser, Moussa Cisse, Jett Howard and Tobi Lawal (coach’s decision).
Indiana Pacers122| 35 | 29 | 9-16 | 5-8 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +14.8 | |||||
| 34 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | 5-14 | 4-10 | 4-6 | 0 | −5 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 28 | 16 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.6 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 23 | 14 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.3 | |||||
| 19 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.5 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.1 | ||
| 10 | 7 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.4 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.8 | ||||
| Team | 122 | 43-8252.4% | 15-3542.9% | 27 | 35 | 13 | 25 | 21-2875.0% | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 47 points on 19 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Jay Huff and Jalen Slawson (coach’s decision).
Mavericks125Pacers122ClickTap 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.
Cooper Flagg had 43 points and 10 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Indiana Pacers 125-122.
Kyrie Irving’s corner 3-pointer answered Larry Nance Jr.’s 2 free throws and put the Mavericks back ahead for good with 9:36 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers got within 123-122 on Aaron Nesmith’s pull-up 3-pointer with 20 seconds to play, but Irving answered with 2 free throws, and the Pacers got no closer. They had the ball down 3 with 3.7 seconds left, but Caleb Martin stole the ball from Andrew Nembhard. A 3-pointer would have tied the game. They had the ball down 3, but Nesmith missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds left that would have tied it. The Pacers held Irving to 1 for 4 on pull-up jumpers. Pull-up jumpers have been 17% of his shots since 2020-21, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 51.9% of them (the league: 44.3%).
During clutch time, the teams each scored 10. Nesmith scored 9 of the Pacers’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Pascal Siakam had 2 steals, both with the game within five points.
Irving scored 35 points on 11 for 18 shooting. Flagg scored 16 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Siakam had 29 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. The Pacers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Pacers got 1 offensive rebound, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Mavericks 47-26 off the bench. The Pacers outscored the Mavericks 18-2 in 4 minutes with Siakam, Zubac, Nembhard, Nesmith and Jackson on the floor together.
Dallas MavericksIndiana PacersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
100 points from the field on 83 shots: 9.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-23 | 73.9% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-14 | 42.9% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 6-12 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-11 | 54.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-23 | 34.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Nesmith | 33 | 11 | 5-9 | 0 |
| Pascal Siakam | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 8 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jarace Walker | 7 | 7 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 16 | 6-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Nembhard | 29 | 8 | 3-3 | −2 |
| Quenton Jackson | 13 | 6 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 9 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 8 | 3-7 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Siakam | 21 | 4 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Ivica Zubac | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 4 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 2 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 65 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.
Score margin over time — positive = DAL leads, negative = IND leads
DAL Largest Lead
8
Q4 4:19
IND Largest Lead
13
Q2 1:36
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DAL 11-0 run
Q1 5:05 – Q1 2:38
-8 → +3
IND 8-0 run
Q1 2:21 – Q1 0:33
+3 → -5
DAL 8-0 run
Q2 8:38 – Q2 7:38
-4 → +4
IND 13-0 run
Q2 5:18 – Q2 3:08
+3 → -10
