⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 31-7 off them- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q4 11:07 · NY 58-72 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 6:45 · NY 21-36 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 5:07 · NY 40-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
