⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, nineteen free throws to their eight- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:56 · DAL 25-29 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 11:41 · DAL 50-61 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
