⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
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 2:00 · DAL 46-41 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 11 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
