⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:07 · MEM 11-4 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 9:56 · MEM 45-39 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Marion Technical Foul
Q2 3:20 · MEM 49-42 PHX
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul
Q4 9:00 · MEM 89-81 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
