⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 50
- A 17-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 31 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 2:42 · MEM 52-46 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:44 · MEM 62-63 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 1:17 · MEM 73-91 DAL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 31
Q4 7:07 · MEM 79-110 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
