⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 20-5 off them
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 25
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 6 down to 2 up
Q2 3:36 · MEM 44-42 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 10:11 · MEM 77-73 TOR
- Go-ahead
Pau Gasol hit a 20-foot jumper, Kyle Lowry with the assist
Q4 2:56 · MEM 81-80 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 4:48 · MEM 79-77 TOR
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:32 · MEM 81-80 TOR
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry traveling
Q4 1:55 · MEM 82-83 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 0:41 · MEM 44-50 TOR
- Winner
Andrea Bargnani hit a 26-foot three jumper, Jose Calderon with the assist
Q4 2:14 · MEM 82-83 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 2:14 · MEM 82-89 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jose Calderon bad pass
Q4 2:39 · MEM 81-80 TOR
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · MEM 82-88 TOR
- Turnover
Carlos Delfino bad pass
Q4 0:07 · MEM 89-93 TOR
📊The numbers
| MEM | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
