⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ray Allen misses technical free throw
Q3 8:32 · OKC 39-51 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:44 · OKC 10-20 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
