⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first 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
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 30-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 1:16 · DAL 33-20 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 0:52 · DAL 85-66 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q4 8:32 · DAL 95-70 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q2 4:15 · DAL 50-41 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 12 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
