⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- A 25-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 26 in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q1 0:28 · MEM 21-39 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q2 6:58 · MEM 33-46 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:54 · MEM 46-51 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses technical free throw
Q3 2:10 · MEM 70-80 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 25-0 run
A 25-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 26
Q1 6:22 · MEM 13-39 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
