⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 21-13 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 7:18 · MEM 17-7 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 1:30 · MEM 51-36 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 1:29 · MEM 85-60 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:50 · MEM 37-34 DAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10
Q4 10:15 · MEM 91-81 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
