⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. 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, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their thirteen
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
- Steal
Lamar Odom stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 1:29 · LAL 78-81 MEM
- Ties it
Luke Walton hit a three jumper, Lamar Odom with the assist
Q4 1:15 · LAL 81-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:10 · LAL 77-81 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:06 · LAL 49-47 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 4:33 · LAL 58-63 MEM
- Winner
Tarence Kinsey hit a 27-foot three jumper, Junior Harrington with the assist
Q4 0:54 · LAL 81-84 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 1:29 · LAL 78-81 MEM
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · LAL 84-86 MEM
- Missed FT
Hakim Warrick misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · LAL 86-87 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 13 |
