⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, 35 free throws to their fifteen
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q2 4:23 · MEM 50-48 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 10:53 · MEM 68-60 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:42 · MEM 8-19 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 13 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |







