⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol Double Technical Foul. Nene Hilario gains possession.
Q4 5:03 · MEM 96-79 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller Technical Foul
Q3 3:48 · MEM 62-58 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
