⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 31-12 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 2:45 · MEM 33-24 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 0:03 · MEM 80-60 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 11:45 · MEM 109-80 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Earl Watson Double Technical Foul. Jay Williams gains possession.
Q4 0:27 · MEM 124-95 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
