⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 20 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their eleven- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 7:37 · PHX 44-50 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 3:06 · PHX 48-60 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 2:57 · PHX 98-117 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
