⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of nineteen from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:03 · MEM 67-78 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 5:39 · MEM 76-96 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:37 · MEM 50-73 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
