⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three
- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23
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
Bonzi Wells Technical Foul
Q4 1:46 · MEM 91-106 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:00 · MEM 10-12 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:55 · MEM 17-26 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasho Nesterovic Technical Foul
Q1 10:06 · MEM 5-2 SA
- Technical
Manu Ginobili Technical Foul
Q2 5:01 · MEM 34-41 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
