⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 21 from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21
- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q4 6:33 · MEM 102-106 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Nash.
Q4 4:43 · MEM 98-106 DAL
- Turnover
Gordan Giricek Out of Bounds
Q4 0:59 · MEM 105-113 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Finley Lost Ball. Stolen by Earl Watson.
Q4 1:02 · MEM 105-113 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
