⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:30 · MEM 28-23 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:20 · MEM 65-68 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:49 · MEM 40-47 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 7:53 · MEM 42-55 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 7:47 · MEM 76-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 27 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
