⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-8 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 1:52 · DAL 34-19 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Evan Eschmeyer Technical Foul
Q3 0:35 · DAL 83-64 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:39 · DAL 101-91 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
