⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 33
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 9:45 · MEM 76-58 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q4 10:33 · MEM 89-82 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
