⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 44 rebounds to 32- Made three threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 20
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 9:48 · MEM 41-48 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Miller bad pass
Q4 3:35 · MEM 78-83 DAL
- Turnover
Pau Gasol offensive foul (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)
Q4 2:27 · MEM 81-85 DAL
- Turnover
Pau Gasol turnover
Q4 2:27 · MEM 81-85 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 0:10 · MEM 33-48 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
