⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 26
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 6:41 · MEM 36-26 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:00 · MEM 61-51 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Brown misses technical free throw
Q3 0:26 · MEM 61-49 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MEM | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
