⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:41 · MEM 8-4 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 9:38 · MEM 38-27 LAL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q2 5:56 · MEM 54-32 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q4 5:20 · MEM 106-81 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 9:22 · MEM 33-27 LAL
- Technical
Chucky Atkins Technical Foul
Q2 0:57 · MEM 59-42 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 12 | Blocks | 7 |
