⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 28, and outscored them 31-18 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:45 · CLE 30-26 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:28 · CLE 73-85 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ricky Davis Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 5:31 · CLE 60-75 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 8:15 · CLE 60-79 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q3 1:12 · CLE 73-97 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 9:36 · CLE 74-106 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 28 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
