⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:58 · LAL 19-10 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 3:54 · LAL 47-29 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:12 · LAL 79-72 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eddie Jones bad pass
Q4 3:32 · LAL 82-74 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
