⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 28- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 29-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses technical free throw
Q2 0:33 · MEM 53-55 LAL
- Turnover
Chucky Atkins bad pass
Q4 3:49 · MEM 109-114 LAL
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
Q4 1:45 · MEM 112-117 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Steal
Kwame Brown stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 1:45 · MEM 112-117 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant offensive foul (Mike Miller draws the foul)
Q4 2:41 · MEM 112-117 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant offensive foul (Dahntay Jones draws the foul)
Q4 0:10 · MEM 117-121 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant turnover
Q4 0:10 · MEM 117-121 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
