⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 53
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:11 · MEM 19-9 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 0:49 · MEM 61-45 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shane Battier missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:43 · MEM 26-21 SAC
- Technical
James Posey Technical Foul
Q2 0:49 · MEM 53-44 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brad Miller Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 0:49 · MEM 53-44 SAC
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q3 7:41 · MEM 70-55 SAC
- Technical
Brad Miller Technical Foul
Q3 6:15 · MEM 75-57 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
