⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:09 · MEM 21-11 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 2:03 · MEM 38-22 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 74 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
