⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
-4Q119-18
+8Q231-21
+3Q320-14
+1Q419-20
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
9Blocks2
23Free throws made9
35%Three-point accuracy18%
6Threes made2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:07 · MEM 62-45 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 7:50 · MEM 10-13 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
