⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 23
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 9:21 · MEM 14-4 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 10:30 · MEM 39-16 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:25 · MEM 82-70 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
