⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 4:03 · MEM 102-84 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:46 · MEM 21-25 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:02 · MEM 59-59 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Fortson Technical Foul
Q4 4:03 · MEM 102-84 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
