⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+4Q124-23
-8Q221-30
0Q324-22
+7Q430-23
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 30
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 28-9 off them
Key battles
9Points off turnovers28
62Rebounds35
6Threes made11
23Turnovers15
📊The numbers
| MEM | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
