⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:40 · MEM 14-9 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 0:56 · MEM 35-15 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 0:23 · MEM 73-46 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jake Tsakalidis double technical foul
Q4 2:31 · MEM 85-60 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 7:39 · MEM 80-58 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
