⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
-3Q121-28
-2Q224-29
+1Q329-31
-3Q422-22
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
Key battles
4Threes made14
24%Three-point accuracy48%
6Blocks2
9Offensive rebounds4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:48 · MEM 6-12 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
