⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 27
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 5:39 · MEM 16-5 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:54 · MEM 27-23 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
