⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second 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
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 17-8 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:22 · DAL 41-36 MEM
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q2 5:33 · DAL 61-43 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:54 · DAL 41-36 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:00 · DAL 32-36 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
