⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 7:11 · MEM 66-52 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball. Stolen by Karl Malone.
Q4 3:59 · MEM 90-83 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 5:30 · MEM 90-83 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Padgett Technical Foul
Q3 1:45 · MEM 72-60 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MEM | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
