Mavericks 97-87 Grizzlies (24 Feb, 2006) Play-by-Play

Memphis Grizzlies

30-24, 13-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	31	25	20	11	87
DAL	22	25	34	16	97

Dallas Mavericks

43-11, 24-4 home

Josh Howard makes 21-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Josh Howard misses 20-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 16-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes slam dunk
Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Adrian Griffin misses jumper
Jason Terry makes two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 9-foot two point shot
Jerry Stackhouse makes 13-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Jerry Stackhouse misses 14-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 17-foot jumper
Keith Van Horn makes 4-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Jerry Stackhouse misses 12-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses layup
Shane Battier blocks Erick Dampier's layup
Jake Tsakalidis blocks Erick Dampier's layup
Keith Van Horn misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keith Van Horn misses driving layup
Devin Harris makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry makes 19-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
DeSagana Diop misses 13-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 8-foot running jumper
Adrian Griffin makes two point shot (Josh Howard assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes driving layup
Dirk Nowitzki makes 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Howard misses 13-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 15-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses three point jumper
Jerry Stackhouse misses 7-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop makes two point shot (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Lorenzen Wright blocks Adrian Griffin's 7-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Lorenzen Wright blocks Jerry Stackhouse's layup
Jerry Stackhouse misses layup
DeSagana Diop misses hook shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 13-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry makes 15-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes two point shot
Jerry Stackhouse makes 13-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 16-foot two point shot (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Adrian Griffin makes layup (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 16-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 14-foot two point shot
Jerry Stackhouse makes 12-foot two point shot
Devin Harris makes 7-foot two point shot
Devin Harris makes layup
Jerry Stackhouse makes 16-foot jumper
Marquis Daniels misses layup
Devin Harris misses 13-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eddie Jones blocks Erick Dampier's layup
Jake Tsakalidis blocks Erick Dampier's layup
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry misses layup
Erick Dampier misses slam dunk
Jason Terry makes layup
Jerry Stackhouse makes 17-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse misses 17-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 15-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop misses 14-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Jerry Stackhouse misses 7-foot jumper
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses 12-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse misses 19-foot jumper
Lorenzen Wright makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Pau Gasol misses 19-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 18-foot jumper
Lorenzen Wright misses 11-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Lorenzen Wright's layup
Lorenzen Wright makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Pau Gasol makes driving layup
Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eddie Jones assists)
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Pau Gasol makes 5-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 22-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes driving layup
Chucky Atkins misses 21-foot jumper
Eddie Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Eddie Jones misses slam dunk
Pau Gasol makes 7-foot hook shot
Bobby Jackson makes 10-foot two point shot
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes 22-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller misses jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Mike Miller's layup
Bobby Jackson misses 11-foot jumper
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup
Shane Battier makes 10-foot running jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Bobby Jackson makes two point shot
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Bobby Jackson assists)
Shane Battier makes 21-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 11-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 5-foot hook shot
Mike Miller makes layup
Pau Gasol makes jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Pau Gasol makes driving layup
Jerry Stackhouse blocks Pau Gasol's layup
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eddie Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lorenzen Wright makes 17-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Lorenzen Wright's 6-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 9-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Shane Battier's 9-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 13-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Pau Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot
Bobby Jackson misses 11-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Mike Miller makes 14-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Pau Gasol's 7-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Eddie Jones's layup
Mike Miller misses 20-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 5-foot hook shot
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup
Bobby Jackson misses 13-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 6-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 9-foot running jumper
Bobby Jackson misses two point shot
Erick Dampier blocks Bobby Jackson's two point shot
Eddie Jones misses 10-foot jumper
Erick Dampier blocks Mike Miller's two point shot
Shane Battier makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 15-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 7-foot hook shot
Mike Miller misses 21-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 7-foot hook shot
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Bobby Jackson's layup
Bobby Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 9-foot running jumper

GRIZZLIES

MAVERICKS

TIME		MEM	DAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Pau Gasol vs. DeSagana Diop (Chucky Atkins gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Lorenzen Wright makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)	2	0
11:29	Josh Howard makes 21-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)	2	2
11:03	shot clock violation	2	2
10:51	Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)	2	4
10:51	Lorenzen Wright shooting foul (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)	2	4
10:51	Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 1	2	5
10:26	Pau Gasol misses 19-foot jumper	2	5
10:25	Adrian Griffin defensive rebound	2	5
10:17	Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	2	8
9:56	Chucky Atkins makes 18-foot jumper	4	8
9:34	Josh Howard misses 20-foot jumper	4	8
9:33	Eddie Jones defensive rebound	4	8
9:18	Lorenzen Wright misses 11-foot jumper	4	8
9:17	Adrian Griffin defensive rebound	4	8
9:02	Josh Howard misses 16-foot jumper	4	8
8:59	Eddie Jones defensive rebound	4	8
8:48	DeSagana Diop blocks Lorenzen Wright's layup	4	8
8:48	Memphis offensive rebound	4	8
8:45	Lorenzen Wright makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)	6	8
8:23	Adrian Griffin turnover	6	8
8:06	Pau Gasol bad pass (Josh Howard steals)	6	8
8:03	Josh Howard makes slam dunk	6	10
7:41	Pau Gasol makes driving layup	8	10
7:28	Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	8	13
7:07	Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eddie Jones assists)	11	13
6:39	Adrian Griffin misses jumper	11	13
6:39	Dallas offensive rebound	11	13
6:39	shot clock violation	11	13
6:26	Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper	11	13
6:24	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	11	13
6:09	Jason Terry makes two point shot	11	15
5:48	Chucky Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)	14	15
5:28	Eddie Jones shooting foul (Adrian Griffin draws the foul)	14	15
5:28	Dallas full timeout	14	15
5:28	Adrian Griffin misses free throw 1 of 2	14	15
5:28	Dallas offensive rebound	14	15
5:28	Adrian Griffin makes free throw 2 of 2	14	16
5:18	Jerry Stackhouse enters the game for Adrian Griffin	14	16
5:13	DeSagana Diop shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	14	16
5:13	Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2	15	16
5:13	Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2	16	16
4:56	Dirk Nowitzki misses 9-foot two point shot	16	16
4:54	Lorenzen Wright defensive rebound	16	16
4:48	DeSagana Diop personal foul (Eddie Jones draws the foul)	16	16
4:48	Devin Harris enters the game for Jason Terry	16	16
4:48	Erick Dampier enters the game for DeSagana Diop	16	16
4:39	Pau Gasol makes 5-foot jumper	18	16
4:22	Jerry Stackhouse makes 13-foot jumper	18	18
3:59	Chucky Atkins makes 22-foot jumper	20	18
3:45	Dirk Nowitzki misses layup	20	18
3:44	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	20	18
3:39	Chucky Atkins makes driving layup	22	18
3:31	Dallas 20 Sec. timeout	22	18
3:21	Dirk Nowitzki bad pass (Shane Battier steals)	22	18
3:08	Chucky Atkins misses 21-foot jumper	22	18
3:05	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	22	18
2:57	Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper	22	18
2:56	Shane Battier defensive rebound	22	18
2:44	Eddie Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)	25	18
2:32	Chucky Atkins personal foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	25	18
2:32	Memphis full timeout	25	18
2:32	Keith Van Horn enters the game for Dirk Nowitzki	25	18
2:32	Jake Tsakalidis enters the game for Lorenzen Wright	25	18
2:32	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Chucky Atkins	25	18
2:23	Jerry Stackhouse lost ball (Eddie Jones steals)	25	18
2:19	Devin Harris shooting foul (Eddie Jones draws the foul)	25	18
2:19	Eddie Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	26	18
2:19	Mike Miller enters the game for Shane Battier	26	18
2:19	Eddie Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	27	18
2:02	Jerry Stackhouse makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)	27	20
1:39	Eddie Jones misses slam dunk	27	20
1:39	Jake Tsakalidis offensive rebound	27	20
1:39	Keith Van Horn personal foul (Jake Tsakalidis draws the foul)	27	20
1:24	Pau Gasol makes 7-foot hook shot	29	20
1:17	Dallas full timeout	29	20
1:17	Dirk Nowitzki enters the game for Josh Howard	29	20
1:04	Jerry Stackhouse misses 14-foot jumper	29	20
1:01	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	29	20
55.5	Bobby Jackson makes 10-foot two point shot	31	20
48.4	Bobby Jackson personal foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	31	20
48.4	Devin Harris makes free throw 1 of 2	31	21
48.4	Devin Harris makes free throw 2 of 2	31	22
36.8	Dirk Nowitzki makes 17-foot jumper	31	24
15.9	Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	31	24
12.9	Bobby Jackson offensive rebound	31	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	24

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 3-1

Grizzlies
112
Mavericks
92

Game 1

27/11

Mavericks
90
Grizzlies
83

Game 2

10/12

Mavericks
81
Grizzlies
80

Game 3

2/2

Grizzlies
87
Mavericks
97

Game 4

24/2

American Airlines Center

12:30 AM, 24 February 2006

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 19,912

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Rodney Mott
Matt Boland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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