⏱️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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
- Winner
Pau Gasol made Layup. Assisted by Shane Battier.
Q4 0:27 · MEM 107-106 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:33 · MEM 99-100 DEN
- Missed FT
Bonzi Wells missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:33 · MEM 99-100 DEN
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:33 · MEM 100-102 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 2:18 · MEM 76-79 DEN
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 1:22 · MEM 102-106 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
