⏱️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
+2Q122-16
+1Q222-21
-4Q331-32
+5Q426-22
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
16Blocks5
67%Three-point accuracy37%
5Steals10
20Turnovers12
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 16 | Blocks | 5 |
