⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:08 · MEM 92-100 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 2:47 · MEM 16-25 GS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q3 0:15 · MEM 67-94 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:35 · MEM 95-102 GS
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:26 · MEM 97-103 GS
📊The numbers
| MEM | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
