⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
- A 21-0 run took them from 1 down to 20 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 7:40 · MEM 40-53 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Willie Solomon Technical Foul
Q4 0:24 · MEM 57-87 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run took them from 1 down to 20 up
Q1 7:31 · MEM 6-26 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 4:53 · MEM 40-62 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q1 1:47 · MEM 6-20 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
