⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 29
- Made one threes to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 6:13 · BKN 56-36 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 10:11 · BKN 68-56 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
