⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 17-8 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 9:33 · MEM 16-9 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 6:45 · MEM 44-44 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 1:22 · MEM 88-81 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Offensive Foul. Larry Hughes gains possession.
Q4 4:31 · MEM 100-93 CLE
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Turnover
Q4 1:16 · MEM 106-99 CLE
- Missed FT
Damon Stoudamire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:22 · MEM 111-103 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 3:57 · MEM 24-30 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Larry Hughes missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:07 · MEM 106-99 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
