⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 17 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, 17 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their 26- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5 in the second 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 9:40 · DAL 16-6 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:20 · DAL 48-43 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 40 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
