⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 43 free throws to their 22- Made four threes to their ten
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 11:27 · MEM 39-32 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 9:30 · MEM 109-101 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
