⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 30-7 off them- A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 21
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:56 · MEM 44-46 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 10:26 · MEM 66-56 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
