⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 19 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
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their no- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 33
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:33 · MEM 11-0 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q2 5:01 · MEM 64-32 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 0 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 36 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
