⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 8:38 · MEM 68-65 DET
- Ties it
Shane Battier made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · MEM 70-70 DET
- Winner
Shane Battier made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · MEM 71-70 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Lost Ball. Stolen by Rasheed Wallace.
Q4 2:23 · MEM 68-65 DET
- Turnover
Mike Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Rasheed Wallace.
Q4 1:54 · MEM 68-67 DET
- Turnover
Mike Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Richard Hamilton.
Q4 1:35 · MEM 68-68 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:45 · MEM 26-32 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 0:00 · MEM 58-65 DET
- Lead
Chauncey Billups made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:36 · MEM 68-69 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton Offensive Foul. Hamilton's 6th Personal Foul, Detroit's 6th Team Foul.
Q4 0:19 · MEM 68-70 DET
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton Foul
Q4 0:19 · MEM 68-70 DET
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Bad Pass
Q4 0:01 · MEM 72-70 DET
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
