⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
A 16-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 8 in the third 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Williams Offensive Foul
Q4 0:50 · MEM 101-97 NO
- Turnover
Jason Williams Foul
Q4 0:50 · MEM 101-97 NO
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:05 · MEM 106-102 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 6:30 · MEM 76-53 NO
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 8
Q3 1:32 · MEM 82-74 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 4:11 · MEM 97-96 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Robert Traylor Lost Ball. Stolen by Shane Battier.
Q4 4:24 · MEM 95-88 NO
- Missed FT
Robert Traylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:26 · MEM 99-96 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
