⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
- Could not get to the line, 31 free throws to their 41
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gordan Giricek missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 7:00 · UTAH 6-12 MEM
- Technical
Raja Bell Technical Foul. Bell's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 10:52 · UTAH 73-83 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 0:37 · UTAH 70-83 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 10:22 · UTAH 74-93 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
