⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 16-8 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 5:56 · MEM 34-29 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · MEM 85-79 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 2:23 · MEM 12-21 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eddie Griffin Turnover
Q4 3:15 · MEM 77-72 MIN
- Turnover
Trenton Hassell Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike Miller.
Q4 0:41 · MEM 83-77 MIN
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · MEM 86-79 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
