⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, six of eleven from three- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 4:37 · MEM 93-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:34 · MEM 92-94 SAC
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:53 · MEM 93-94 SAC
- Turnover
Earl Watson Bad Pass
Q4 0:31 · MEM 93-96 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 10:32 · MEM 20-31 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 0:59 · MEM 74-85 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brad Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Earl Watson.
Q4 4:16 · MEM 87-94 SAC
- Turnover
Brad Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Lorenzen Wright.
Q4 3:00 · MEM 89-94 SAC
- Turnover
Predrag Stojakovic Lost Ball. Stolen by Shane Battier.
Q4 2:42 · MEM 91-94 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
