⏱️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 fourth 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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 9:38 · DAL 78-73 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 4:58 · DAL 89-77 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:22 · DAL 15-19 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 4:39 · DAL 83-77 MEM
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
