⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first 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 Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q1 5:39 · MEM 24-10 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jake Tsakalidis Technical Foul
Q2 9:03 · MEM 34-22 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
