⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
-1Q132-28
-4Q220-21
+5Q328-17
+13Q434-21
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 27-8 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 39
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
Key battles
44%Three-point accuracy14%
27Points off turnovers8
8Threes made2
2Blocks6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q3 9:00 · DAL 65-59 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 0:31 · DAL 52-59 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
