⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of sixteen from three
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
- Ties it
Pau Gasol made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:46 · MEM 99-99 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 8:33 · MEM 34-23 OKC
- Turnover
Shane Battier Turnover
Q4 0:16 · MEM 99-100 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Luke Ridnour made 26 ft three pointer.
Q4 2:55 · MEM 92-93 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 4:54 · MEM 92-95 OKC
- Winner
Jerome James made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:27 · MEM 99-100 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerome James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:18 · MEM 92-93 OKC
- Missed FT
Jerome James missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:05 · MEM 92-95 OKC
- Missed FT
Jerome James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:27 · MEM 99-99 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
