⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 worse 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, 30 free throws to their twenty
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:48 · MEM 23-10 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:34 · MEM 31-14 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 1:54 · MEM 89-86 DAL
- Missed FT
Jarell Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:19 · MEM 89-86 DAL
- Turnover
James Ennis III bad pass
Q4 0:51 · MEM 90-86 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 15
Q2 7:33 · MEM 48-33 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:21 · MEM 84-83 DAL
- Steal
Dirk Nowitzki stole it from Marc Gasol
Q4 1:54 · MEM 89-86 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:40 · MEM 20-10 DAL
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:39 · MEM 40-20 DAL
- Turnover
Dennis Smith Jr. steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:51 · MEM 90-86 DAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 18 | Steals | 14 |
| 23 | Blocks | 22 |
