⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 12 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of thirteen from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
- A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:33 · MEM 12-5 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q4 11:26 · MEM 73-72 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 7:52 · MEM 82-74 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:16 · MEM 17-15 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:15 · MEM 26-29 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Emeka Okafor misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:28 · MEM 90-82 CHA
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
