⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
0Q128-26
+9Q233-23
+7Q318-12
-6Q418-25
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
27%Three-point accuracy9%
9Offensive rebounds19
4Threes made1
16Blocks8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 4:31 · MEM 83-61 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q3 2:57 · MEM 72-61 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 16 | Blocks | 8 |
