⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of fourteen from three- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to seven
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 from level to 8 points up
Q4 8:42 · MEM 98-90 LAC
- Winner
Jason Williams made 19 ft Jumper.
Q4 1:01 · MEM 106-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball. Stolen by Eric Piatkowski.
Q4 1:38 · MEM 104-99 LAC
- Turnover
Wesley Person Lost Ball
Q4 1:27 · MEM 104-101 LAC
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:17 · MEM 109-107 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 5:09 · MEM 46-49 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 4:00 · MEM 104-104 LAC
- Ties it
Eric Piatkowski made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Q4 1:13 · MEM 104-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Bad Pass. Stolen by Shane Battier.
Q4 2:47 · MEM 104-97 LAC
- Missed FT
Elton Brand missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:25 · MEM 108-105 LAC
- Missed FT
Eric Piatkowski missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · MEM 109-108 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
