⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 36 fast break points to 14
- A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q1 5:39 · MEM 27-19 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 3:03 · MEM 67-44 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 36
Q3 1:00 · MEM 111-75 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q2 1:40 · MEM 67-54 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 36 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
