Dallas Mavericks – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 22 November 2017

DAL95–94MEM

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It was more exciting than 61% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MEM winsDAL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MEM leads and falls when DAL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Harrison Barnes decided it, the Dallas Mavericks player with the most points (22, with 9 rebounds and 1 assists; -1 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dwight Powell's (+10). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Memphis Grizzlies 94-95 Dallas Mavericks (November 22, 2017) was hit by Harrison Barnes: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Dallas Mavericks up 95-94. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 94-95 Dallas Mavericks (November 22, 2017) was a 9-0 run by the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter (from 9:59 to 7:24), from 43-58 to 52-58. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:54 to 9:53), from 0-3 to 7-3.

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Play: Harrison Barnes makes 29-foot three point shot (Dennis Smith Jr. assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Harrison Barnes decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Barnes decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

22 November 2017 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400975011:640; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2017-18 regular season, not this game.

Dallas Mavericks

Wesley Matthews recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 26 of 362 in the league.
Salah Mejri drew 0.19 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 26 of 362 in the league.
Devin Harris drew 0.17 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 30 of 362 in the league.

Memphis Grizzlies

Mario Chalmers drew 0.20 charges per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 22 of 362 in the league.
Marc Gasol contested 9.8 shots per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 30 of 362 in the league.
Tyreke Evans recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 38 of 362 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Memphis Grizzlies have won 39 of their 101 games against the Dallas Mavericks.

39-62record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.101

90.5% of capacity

FedExForum · Memphis

Scoring

189

combined points

23.7 below the season average (212.7)