⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:21 · MEM 49-68 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:00 · MEM 16-23 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
