The Grizzlies lost their first game of the season as they fell to the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night 103-94 at American Airlines Center.
Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews put his team on the board first, but Grizzlies guard Mike Conley came back and answered with a three of his own in the next possession. However, with 9:10 left in the first quarter, the Mavericks went on a 13-0 run over the next 3:19 to bring the score to 19-7. After the first quarter, Dallas outscored the Grizzlies 32-18.
The Grizzlies began chewing into the Mavericks lead in the second quarter, bringing it back to single-digits after back-to-back buckets by Jarell Martin.