⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 1:16 · LAC 34-25 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 6:58 · LAC 65-73 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 4:58 · LAC 81-98 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
