⏱️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
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, fifteen free throws to their four- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 18-6 off them
- Made three threes to their twelve
- Went cold from three, three of sixteen
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · MEM 8-0 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:41 · MEM 62-53 PHX
- Go-ahead
Shane Battier hit a two point shot
Q4 2:13 · MEM 81-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shane Battier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:53 · MEM 78-75 PHX
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · MEM 85-82 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:05 · MEM 44-41 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 0:44 · MEM 48-51 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 4:00 · MEM 62-61 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
