⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 28 from three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul. Bryant's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 7:47 · LAL 56-53 MEM
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:38 · LAL 71-79 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:38 · LAL 26-25 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Williams Traveling
Q4 4:28 · LAL 69-75 MEM
- Turnover
Jason Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Chucky Atkins.
Q4 3:39 · LAL 69-75 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 10 |
