⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 32-10 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 4:33 · MEM 24-15 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 3:31 · MEM 67-49 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:39 · MEM 24-24 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
