⏱️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
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 60- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:07 · DAL 14-8 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 6:47 · DAL 71-64 MEM
- Steal
Jason Terry stole it from O.J. Mayo
Q4 1:27 · DAL 99-96 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Erick Dampier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · DAL 103-98 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 4:41 · DAL 18-22 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 2:12 · DAL 21-30 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 4:56 · DAL 92-88 MEM
- Turnover
O.J. Mayo bad pass
Q4 1:27 · DAL 99-96 MEM
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
