⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 1
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 1:16 · MEM 42-41 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dahntay Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:45 · MEM 74-85 SA
- Technical
Eddie Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:16 · MEM 76-88 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 2:08 · MEM 62-69 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bruce Bowen lost ball
Q4 3:17 · MEM 74-82 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
