⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 22
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 7:50 · DAL 27-34 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 8:44 · DAL 33-51 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 8:04 · DAL 51-73 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 9 | Assists | 16 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
