⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 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 eleven threes to their three
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth quarter
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 8-point lead to 16
Q2 8:38 · DAL 40-24 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 5:03 · DAL 102-81 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
