⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 8:37 · MEM 42-29 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 7:26 · MEM 71-49 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 7:33 · MEM 99-62 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 28
Q4 4:39 · MEM 99-71 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Peja Stojakovic technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 8:33 · MEM 88-60 IND
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
