⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 2 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 36
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 6:58 · MEM 19-12 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 6:22 · MEM 69-67 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 6:56 · MEM 94-96 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Person missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:00 · MEM 98-104 DAL
- Turnover
Jason Williams Bad Pass
Q4 1:30 · MEM 101-106 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:44 · MEM 26-29 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 0:30 · MEM 54-65 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 2:02 · MEM 76-87 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Lorenzen Wright.
Q4 1:15 · MEM 101-106 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
