⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-9 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 21
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 2:46 · MEM 27-17 CHA
- Steal
Eddie Jones stole it from Kareem Rush
Q4 1:54 · MEM 94-93 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddie Jones misses technical free throw
Q1 5:50 · MEM 12-9 CHA
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:00 · MEM 33-24 CHA
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:05 · MEM 96-93 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 1:22 · MEM 47-49 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kareem Rush lost ball
Q4 1:54 · MEM 94-93 CHA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:02 · MEM 97-93 CHA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:02 · MEM 97-93 CHA
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
