⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 25-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 26
- Made seven threes to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 8:07 · MEM 77-71 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
David Joerger technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 10:48 · MEM 0-2 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 8:26 · MEM 48-51 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:35 · MEM 47-49 DAL
- Missed FT
Devin Harris misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:24 · MEM 106-99 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 18 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
