⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 15 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, 60 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 42
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 29-13 off them
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 cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 2:37 · MEM 50-61 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 3:38 · MEM 84-84 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 6:10 · MEM 9-20 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 0:02 · MEM 84-95 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
