⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-18 off them
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 40
Key battles
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 1 | Threes made | 0 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |






