⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 11- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:08 · MEM 10-0 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 6:37 · MEM 69-59 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 2:38 · MEM 78-63 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike Miller.
Q4 3:05 · MEM 90-82 NY
- Technical
Kurt Thomas Technical Foul. Thomas's 5th Personal Foul, New York's 6th Team Foul.
Q4 2:14 · MEM 92-82 NY
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 73% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 14 | Blocks | 6 |
