⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 21-8 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 9-point lead to 17
Q1 5:11 · DAL 32-15 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 5:31 · DAL 52-48 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 10:30 · DAL 68-53 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki Bad Pass. Stolen by Bonzi Wells.
Q4 4:45 · DAL 95-89 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q1 1:07 · DAL 34-29 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 8:15 · DAL 42-45 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul
Q3 9:59 · DAL 61-53 MEM
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
