⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 37
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
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 4:18 · MEM 100-103 GS
- Turnover
Junior Harrington offensive foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)
Q4 3:26 · MEM 100-105 GS
- Turnover
Pau Gasol 3 second
Q4 2:56 · MEM 100-108 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 8:51 · MEM 11-17 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 3:48 · MEM 100-112 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Baron Davis offensive foul (Tarence Kinsey draws the foul)
Q4 4:13 · MEM 100-103 GS
- Turnover
Baron Davis turnover
Q4 4:13 · MEM 100-103 GS
📊The numbers
| MEM | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 28 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
